School: Whitecross, Julianstown (roll number 3380)
- Location:
- Whitecross, Co. Meath
- Teacher: Criostóir Breathnach
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0685, Page 242
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- (continued from previous page)put elastic in the bottom of the blouse. For hair I cut pieces of will all the same length. Then I sewed them to them to the head. Then I knitted a little cap for her the way you would not see where the wool was sewn in.
- I used to make homemade toys when I was younger. Such as the daisy chain. A daisy chain is made be breaking the stems of the daisy's off and then passing a needle and tread through the daisy's from one daisy to another. In this way you can make necklaces and bangles. I also made rag dolls and rag balls. I made a rag doll by getting a piece of rag sewed up in the shape of a bag and then filled it with sawdust. Then by means of a coloured pencil I drew the face. Then I got bits of sticks and rolled them up in cloth and sewed them on to the dolls body. In this way you can make the arms of the doll and I also made(continues on next page)
- Collector
- May O Brien
- Gender
- Female
- Address
- Sarsfieldstown, Co. Meath
