School: Rathmoylan (roll number 10879)
- Location:
- Rathmolyon, Co. Meath
- Teacher: Ethel G. P. Wildman
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0691, Page 267
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- Home-Made ToysThere are a lot of children who find amusements in making their own toys.
Sometimes boys make bow and arrow out of branches. It is necessary to get a branch easy to bend to make the bow and another to make the arrow.
When it is shot up it goes a long distance.
Sometimes they scoop out a turnip and put a candle in it this is supposed to present a ghost, several people have been frightened by this in the dark. Another thing is called a walking spool. It is made with a bit of a candle and a match. The match is used as a key and when it is wound up it walks along the table.
Sometimes girls made dolls and teddy-bears from rags and put stuffing inside the. Poor children who have no dolls or toys do this mostly.Trixie Love,
The Moate,
Rathmolyon,
Co. Meath.(continues on next page)
- Collector
- Trixie Love
- Gender
- Female
- Address
- Moat, Co. Meath
