School: Bunninadden

Location:
Bunnanaddan, Co. Sligo
Teacher:
John J. Rochford
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  1. I make toys out of daub. I go out into the field. I take a spade with me. I dig a deep hole in the field. There I find the daub. I get a shovel and bring in some of the daub. I take a small bit of the daub and I roll it in-to a round shape the size of an ordinary toy. Then I put it in the ashes until it gets hard. I take it out and I dip it in the paint. Sometimes the toys are easy broken
    Patrick Kerins
    Bunninadden
    Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.
    Topics
    1. activities
      1. social activities (~7)
        1. entertainments and recreational activities (~5,933)
          1. toys (~1,598)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Patrick Kerins
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Bunnanaddan, Co. Sligo
  2. One evening I went out to the garden and pulled a turnip. My father said he would make a ghost out of it. I was very glad. He got a sharp knife, and pared the turnip round. He left the turnip boast inside. He cut a place in it for two eyes. and a mouth. He asked me to get a stick, and a candle. I did so. It was now dark. He went out on the road, and put the turnip standing on the fence. He lit the candle with a match, and stuck it up on the turnip. James Byrne was frightened with it that night.
    Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.