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School: Cormeen (roll number 16132)

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Cormeen, Co. Meath
Teacher:
Brian T. Ó Dubhláin
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0707, Page 258

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    make dolls from cloth and fibre, and put teeth made from turnips in them. Boys made snares for catching birds from hair, and when it would be snowing they'd set it for them. They'd also make tops from sticks and a cord tied around them.
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    Long ago my father used to make wooden men that could dance on a board. He made a banshee from a box and roesin. He made a hole on the box and put a cord with roesin on it through the
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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
    Thomas Gargan
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Tullyattin, Co. Meath
    Informant
    Mrs Gargan
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Tullyattin, Co. Meath