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School: Tattenclave

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Tattintlieve, Co. Monaghan
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Bríd Ní Chróinín
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0948, Page 190

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    Long ago when Christmas would come some parents would make toys for their children.
    First they would get a spool which there was thread on, and they would cut it in two halves and it would make two tops, and then they would pare each one of them round and then they would get a short bit of a stick and they would put it thro the hole in the top, and the children would enjoy themselves with this top.
    The children long ago made slings for themselves to fire stones with and the children nowadays make them also. First you get a piece of leather adn you put a
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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
    Packie Mc Carvill
    Gender
    Male
    Age
    14
    Address
    Drumhillagh, Co. Monaghan
    Informant
    Mick Gallagher
    Gender
    Male
    Age
    63
    Occupation
    Farmer
    Address
    Drumhillagh, Co. Monaghan