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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0890, Page 194

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    Home - Made Toys
    A top
    A toy that I often saw made is a top. A spool is pared at one end. Then a stick (like a pencil in shape) is put through the hole in the spool. The stick is pared at the end also. The top is now finished, and will spin.
    Doll
    I often saw a home-made doll. One of these dolls I saw was a knitted one. The head, eyes, ears, hands, arms, legs and feet were shaped into it. It was knitted in several different colours. When made it was stuffed with saw-dust and sewn together. I have also seen teddy-bears, and many other little toys knitted and stuffed in this way.
    (diagram of the spool-top)
    Mary Breen,
    Kilcoulshea, Boolavogue, Ferns,
    Co Wexford.
    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
    Mary Breen
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Kilcoilshy, Co. Wexford