School: Whitecross, Julianstown (roll number 3380)
- Location:
- Whitecross, Co. Meath
- Teacher: Criostóir Breathnach
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0685, Page 241
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You are not logged in, but you are welcome to contribute a transcription anonymously. In this case, your IP address will be stored in the interest of quality control.By clicking the save button you agree that your contribution will be available under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International License and that a link to dúchas.ie is sufficient as attribution. - Once I made a rag doll. How I made her was, I got two pieces of cloth and sewed the sides of them up together. When that was done it formed a bag. I put a bundle of rags into the bag until it got hard. This formed the body. I next got a potato and put a roll of cloth around it. When that was done I drew a face on the front of it with a pen and ink. Then I sewed the head on to the body. I also did the same with the legs and arms as I did with the body. Then I made clothes for the doll. I made a skirt was. I sawed the sides together and hemmed the bottom of it. I also put a little pleat down the front of it which made it look very pretty. I sewed the sides of the blouse and dress also and(continues on next page)
