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School: Clochar na Trócaire, Drangan (roll number 7232)

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Drangan, Co. Tipperary
Teacher:
An tSr. M. Gráinne
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0556, Page 375

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    In olden times almost all the toys were homemade. Some of those were tops, cribs, snares and pop-guns.
    The tops were made from crab-trees and were then sent to the nearest smith to have spears put in them. A light switch was then needed to put the top spinning.
    Cribs were made to catch birds. Ranks of elder sticks were tied together, and then a sally-switch was arranged in the crib to keep it a certain height from the ground.
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    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
    Mary Horan
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Knockuragh, Co. Tipperary
    Informant
    Mr Thomas Horan
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Knockuragh, Co. Tipperary