School: An Gleann Garbh (roll number 2379)

Location:
Glengarriff, Co. Cork
Teacher:
Caoimhín Ó Séaghdha

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An Gleann Garbh | The Schools’ Collection

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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0279, Page 218

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Girls in Glengarriff often make daisychains to amuse themselves. First they gather a lot of daisy to make a daisychain. They make a hole in the middle of one of the daisy and stick one part of the stalk and so on until they would have it finished. Some girls get thread to make a daisychain.

Small girls often make rag dolls, for toys to amuse themselves. I often made a rag doll. When a girl wants to make a rag doll, she first gets a lot of rags and

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Collector
Máire Ní Chróinín
Gender
female
Language
English