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School: Kilsarcon (C.) (roll number 14798)

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Kilsarkan West, Co. Kerry
Teacher:
Caitrín Ní Dhálaigh
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0445, Page 385

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    Boys and girls find amusement in spare time making toys.

    Daisy Chain
    In Summer time when children are out in the fields they love making daisy chains. They get a daisy with a long stem, then they get another, and cut the stem near the top of the daisy, and string it on to the long stem and so until the chain is completed.

    Castle Tops
    If boys have any spare time they love making castle tops. They get an empty reel, and point one side of it, and then drive a little piece of painted timber down through the hole in the reel.

    Snares for catching Rabbits
    Copper wire is used for making snares. It is very thin wire so four or five wires, are put together to make one snare. Then the snare is set in the path where the rabbit is expected.
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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
    Maureen Fleming
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Killeentierna, Co. Kerry
    Informant
    Mr Ned Fleming
    Gender
    Male
    Age
    44
    Address
    Killeentierna, Co. Kerry