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School: Gearrbhaile (Garbh-dhoire?) (roll number 12110)

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Garbally, Co. Galway
Teacher:
Mícheál Mac Giollabháin
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0077, Page 215

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  1. Playing Houses (continued)

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    a hedge. They gather pieces of boards for shelves, tins of various kinds to represent "groceries", sods of turf for "loaves", a piece of board across a stone in see-saw fashion to represent a weighing scale, etc. One girls is "shop-keeper", the others are "customers", etc
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  2. Tops

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    Tops
    Tops are made by the boys from old spools. One end is whittled down with a knife until it is pear-shaped. A short pointed stick is pushed through the hole in the spool and the top is made to spin by finger and thumb and kept spinning by using a whip made from hard cord.
    By: Michael Costello 13
    Ballinamona, Menlough
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  3. Daisy Chains

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    Made by girls from daisies. They bore a small hole in the stem of a daisy & push another stem through that hole. They pierce a hole in the second stem, & thread another daisy through it. The third & fourth & all the other stems are similarily pierced until the end. They then thread the last stem through the first and wear the chain as a necklace.
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    Topics
    1. activities
      1. social activities (~7)
        1. entertainments and recreational activities (~5,933)
    Language
    English
    Informant
    Kathleen Melody
    Gender
    Female
    Age
    14
    Address
    Gilkagh, Co. Galway