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School: Baile Mhodáin (roll number 12011)

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Bandon, Co. Cork
Teacher:
Tomás Groves
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0314, Page 225

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    Nearly every person could make some kind of an home-made toy.
    Sometimes a necklace of daisy's. They get a needle and thread and gather the heads of daisies and sew them all together, and then the necklace is made.
    People often make a home-made ball for children, by getting many pieces of wool and joining them, and leaving them very loose.
    Sometimes people make a rag doll, by cutting a piece of cloth the shape of a doll, and sewing it except at one end. From this end it is filled with sawdust and then a face is made by painting eyes a nose a mouth and ears on it.
    People sometimes knit a teddy bear. A person should knit a piece the shape of a teddy bear, fill it with sawdust, and put a bead for each eye and some red wool for the mouth.
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    History Edit
    Topics
    1. activities
      1. social activities (~7)
        1. entertainments and recreational activities (~5,933)
          1. toys (~1,598)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Irene Stanley
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Carhoon West, Co. Cork