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School: Lanesboro (roll number 13320)

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Lanesborough, Co. Longford
Teacher:
E. Ó Reachtagáin
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0753, Page 049

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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0753, Page 049

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    home made dolls. They would get a piece of canvas and cut it out in a shape of a doll. Then stuff it with sawdust. Then cut out the shape of the eyes and nose and the mouth and blacken it with polish and then they make clothes for them.
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  2. Homemade Toys

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    In olden times people used to make toys for themselves.
    You could make a top out of a spool pare the top of it and put a nail in it.
    You could make a chain out of daisies put a hole in the stem of one and put the rest in the same way.
    You could make a bird cage out of pieces of sticks make three sides and put a roof on it and nail it to the sides and a little door on it.
    You could make a horse
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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
    Betty Gibbons
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Cloonfore, Co. Longford