School: Cormeen (roll number 16132)

Location:
Cormeen, Co. Meath
Teacher:
Brian T. Ó Dubhláin
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0707, Page 259

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    hole, and when you'd pull it back or forward it would cry like a banshee. He could make little ladders, lorries, trains, and trashing mills from wood. He could make horses and other toys out of candle grease. He kept making toys any spare time he had.
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  2. Long ago the old people would make rush crosses. First they'd get a sally stick, and put it in boiling water, and in a few days cut it in four pieces. Then they'd get a long rush,
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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
    Eileen Daly
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Diralagh, Co. Meath
    Informant
    John Daly
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Diralagh, Co. Meath