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

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

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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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