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School: The Rower (B.), Inistioge (roll number 15160)

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The Rower, Co. Kilkenny
Teacher:
Risteárd Ó Cuirrín
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0847, Page 102

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    can also be spun with a whip just the same way. It is called "a scurging top". Boys make them often.
    [Drawing] - Home made top
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  2. Homemade Toys

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    In olden times boys and girls used to make toys themselves and some of them make them still.
    1. The way girls made dolls is:- They used to get a piece of a rag, stuff it with hair and stitch it. Then they painted it.
    2. About a hundred years ago boys used to make spinning tops with a piece of timber. Then they got a peice of cord and tied it on a stick. Then they put the top spinning and they whipped the top and
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    Topics
    1. activities
      1. social activities (~7)
        1. entertainments and recreational activities (~5,933)
          1. toys (~1,598)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    John Walsh
    Gender
    Male
    Informant
    John Walsh
    Gender
    Male
    Age
    65