School: Druim Snámha (roll number 14057)
- Location:
- Drumsna, Co. Leitrim
- Teacher: Seán Ó Haodha
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0213, Page 087
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- Some children made their own toys, such as a spinning top for boys. They pair a spoll and drive a nail through it and have a top for spinning.
The girls also make dolls dresses and furniture for a dolls house out of small pieces of wood. Some of the children buy their toys from the shops. You can make a doll dresser from a small box by putting sheleves into it. Long ago children in the spring used to make daisy chains with the daisies and other flowers. They used to make their own dolls by making a face on a piece of cardboard then they make the frock. Now-a-days the children get their toys from the shops.(continues on next page)
- Collector
- Liam Costello
- Gender
- Male
- Address
- Drumsna, Co. Leitrim
- Informant
- Mrs Costello
- Gender
- Female
- Address
- Drumsna, Co. Leitrim
