School: Páirc na bhFiadh (roll number 15585)

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1. Homemade Toys

   

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   When I was young my mammy used to make woolen balls for us, out of bits of spare wool. She got two round pieces of card-board and put them together and cut a round hole in the centre. Next she threaded a darning needle with a piece of wool and worked round the hole until it was filled up. Then she cut round the edge and tied a string between the two pieces of card-board. It was a nice soft ball when it was finished. Sometimes girls make daisy-chains out of daisies and they put them around their necks

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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

   Tommy Mitchell

   Gender

   Male

   Address

   Boyle, Co. Roscommon