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School: Mercy Convent, Baile Mathúna (roll number 3865)

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Ballymahon, Co. Longford
Teacher:
Sr. M. Clement
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0752, Page 156

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    Girls' Toys'.
    In Summer when the daisies are in bloom, the girls make daisy-chains. They gather daisies, and get a piece of twine. They put a knot on the end of it and put the daisies on it. Then they wear it for a necklace.
    Boys' Toys.
    The boys make tops out of spools. They pare the end of it and put an iron spike in it.
    They also make guns. The boys get a bit of an elder tree and run a red iron up through the middle of it. Then they get a bit of ash and make a ram-rod for it and fire out of it.
    The boys also make
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    History Edit
    Topics
    1. activities
      1. social activities (~7)
        1. entertainments and recreational activities (~5,933)
          1. toys (~1,598)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Nora Walsh
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Toome, Co. Longford