1. dúchas.ie
  2. The Schools' Collection
  3. Duxtown, Rathkeale

School: Duxtown, Rathkeale (roll number 15943)

Location:
Duckstown, Co. Limerick
Teacher:
Agnes O' Grady
Browse
Mode:
The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0500, Page 452

Archival Reference

The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0500, Page 452

Image and data © National Folklore Collection, UCD.

See copyright details.

Download

Open data

Available under Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0)

  1. XML School: Duxtown, Rathkeale
  2. XML Page 452
  3. XML “Homemade Toys - Homemade Spinning Tops”

Note: We will soon deprecate our XML Application Programming Interface and a new, comprehensive JSON API will be made available. Keep an eye on our website for further details.

On this page

  1. Homemade Toys - Homemade Spinning Tops

    Share Share Post
    Get a block of wood about 3 cubic inches, get a chisel and pare down the sides of it in a slanting direction until a point is almost made round the top and cut lines round the top and finally 6" nail, cut off head and 3" of stem off drive the blunt side in the top. Leave about 1/2 inch projecting for spear.
    Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.
    History Edit
    Topics
    1. activities
      1. social activities (~7)
        1. entertainments and recreational activities (~5,933)
          1. toys (~1,598)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Cáit Ní Fráthaile
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Duckstown, Co. Limerick
    Informant
    Séan Casey
    Gender
    Male