School: Glenculloo, Killoscully (roll number 11083)

Location:
Glanculloo, Co. Tipperary
Teacher:
Máiréad Ní Ogáin
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0538, Page 105

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  1. Every boy and many girls find
    amusement in spare time in making
    toys. Girls often make necklaces from
    Flowers. They make dolls from papers.
    Boys delight in making tops from
    thread spools, guns from elders, and
    snares for catching hares and
    rabbits.
    Grown-ups make models from
    turnips. They cut a man's head out
    of a turnip and they put a candle
    lighting inside. The man's head shines
    out as if it was a human. That
    was what the people used long ago
    to frighten other people.
    None of that work is carried
    on now in our district. Snares and
    guns, dolls necklaces are carried on
    still.
    A necklace is made of flowers
    by putting the stem of one daisy into
    the centre of another and continuing
    that on until it is able to go around
    your neck. The way to play thimble is:-
    one child takes a piece of paper in
    (continues on next page)
    Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.
    Topics
    1. activities
      1. social activities (~7)
        1. entertainments and recreational activities (~5,933)
          1. toys (~1,598)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Kitty Hickey
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Glanculloo, Co. Tipperary
    Informant
    Mrs Clifford
    Gender
    Female
    Age
    71
    Address
    Glanculloo, Co. Tipperary