School: Ballycullane

Location:
Ballycullane, Co. Wexford
Teacher:
Seán Ó Dubhghaill
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0870, Page 315

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  1. 18th-11-1938
    1. The toys.
    2. How made.
    Long ago in olden times, the children, used never buy toy's, they used bu[crossed out] make the toy's themselve's. The men used make dancing-master's, and whistle made of timber.
    The toy's were made mostly out of timber. The dancing-master was made out of timber. They used get a piece of timber and they would shape it the same as a man's face and have two bits of timber for leg's and two more for hands. They would leave the hands
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    Topics
    1. activities
      1. social activities (~7)
        1. entertainments and recreational activities (~5,933)
          1. toys (~1,598)
    Language
    English