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School: Cluain an Iubhair (roll number 15213)

Location:
Cloonanure, Co. Sligo
Teacher:
Séamus Ó Háinlighe
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0187, Page 483

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    Every child in this locality finds amusement in his spare time by making toys.
    Girls make necklaces out of macories and chains from the heads of daisies. It is very easy to make a macorey necklace. .All that has to done is to procure a needle and thread and string the macories on to it. It is even simpler to make a chain from daisies. The daisies are first pulled and the stems are taken off them all except one which is left so as to string on the heads.
    While the girls make
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    History Edit
    Topics
    1. activities
      1. social activities (~7)
        1. entertainments and recreational activities (~5,933)
          1. toys (~1,598)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Vera Mulligan
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Cloonloogh, Co. Sligo