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School: Drumlish (C.) (roll number 10023)

Location:
Drumlish, Co. Longford
Teacher:
Brigid Lacy
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0758, Page 013

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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0758, Page 013

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  1. Local Marriages (continued)

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    Straw boys visit on almost every occasion. When they have good manners they are welcomed and given drink but when they have bad behaviour the doors are shut on them.
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  2. Homemade Toys

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    Dolls are made of wood and of rags and paper. Hand-balls and cricket-balls are made from yarn got by ravelling old stockings, Cricket bats were made from one-inch boards; the better ones from split ash. Footballs were made from straw thumb-ropes. Tops were made from wood and fitted with iron spikes made
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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
    Dan Kenny
    Gender
    Male
    Age
    67
    Address
    Drumlish, Co. Longford
    Informant
    Nancy Collum
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Drumlish, Co. Longford