School: Knockcommon (roll number 16549)

Location:
Knockcommon, Co. Meath
Teacher:
Sighle Nic Aibhsc
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0684, Page 087

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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0684, Page 087

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  1. There are many ways by which boys and girls amuse themselves, the most common of them being making toys at home.
    The following home-made toys are:- scarecrows, kites, snares, home-made shot-gun, catapult, slings, whistles and other things. On the other hand the girls amuse themselves by making daisy-chains, primrose-crowns and paper-girdle.
    Scarecrow
    A scarecrow is made in the following manner :-, A long stick in the shape of a cross is put down in the ground representing the body of a man. An old coat and a pair of trousers are then put on the imaginary body, and a turnip made in the shape of a head to represent the man's head. Holes are bored in the turnip shaping the eyes, nose and mouth of the man, and this is attached to the body. The so-called man wears an old hat and is usually smoking a pipe, or has something in the shape of a gun in his hand. The scarecrow is generally set up in the middle of a tillage field where seeds or potatoes are sown. It
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    Topics
    1. activities
      1. social activities (~7)
        1. entertainments and recreational activities (~5,933)
          1. toys (~1,598)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Rita Gallagher
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Knockcommon, Co. Meath