School: Tighmhanach (roll number 15715)
- Location:
- Tivannagh, Co. Roscommon
- Teacher: Mrs E. Jordan
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- (continued from previous page)hem the four sides and I have a tiny little handkerchief made.
Boys make different toys from the ones that we make.
In spare time I often make a spinning top out of a spool. I pare off one end of the spool. Then I pare a piece of a stick and put it down in the hole in the middle of the spool. I tie a long twine to the top and then I can spin it.
I make a revolver out of a bole tree. I clear out the middle. Then I get a spring out of an old clock and I fix it in the bole tree. Sometimes I get a turnip and scoop a hole in it and it makes a fine lantern. When I was young I used to make little carts out lids of two polish boxes. Then I used to bore a hole in the middle of it. I make a tank out of a spool. Get a rubber band(continues on next page)
- Informant
- Mrs Gara
- Relation
- Parent
- Gender
- Female
- Address
- Tivannagh, Co. Roscommon
