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School: Balrath (roll number 9770)

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Balrath, Co. Westmeath
Teacher:
Bean Uí Oirghiall
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0738, Page 099

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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0738, Page 099

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  1. Homemade Toys - Rag Dolls (continued)

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    (continued from previous page)
    or sawdust or bran. Coloured wool is got to mark the eyes nose and mouth and the doll is then dressed.
    She is put in a card board box and drawn about with a cord fastened to the box.
    Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.
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  2. Homemade Toys

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    Swing-Swong
    Many a happy hour I spent at "Swing-Swong". There were two ropes tied from a branch of a tree and a plank tied in the middle. Then the children would sit into the seat in their turns and others would swing them saying this rhyme.
    "Swing swing the day is long
    The cuckoo and the swallow
    The corncrake put out his beak
    and bade them all good-morrow."
    (continues on next page)
    Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.
    History Edit
    Topics
    1. activities
      1. social activities (~7)
        1. entertainments and recreational activities (~5,933)
          1. toys (~1,598)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Gretta Sargent
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Farrow, Co. Westmeath