School: Shanakill, Roscrea
- Location:
- Shanakill, Co. Tipperary
- Teacher: Seán Ó Ceallaigh
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0547, Page 156
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Homemade Toys (continued)
“My mother used to make necklaces out of dog-briar bushes...”
(continued from previous page)Boys often made a ball out of the bladder of a pig. They fill it up with hay and rags. They fill it with wind.
Homemade Toys
“To gather rushes and cut them all the same length and get four of them and twist them in and out and it would make a lovely rod...”
To gather rushes and cut them all the same length and get four of them and twist them in and out and it would make a lovely rod.
People use to gather cowslips and make dodge balls and you would see no shanks. It was a great pastime for girls in the Summer. - Collector
- Bridie Maher
- Gender
- Female
- Address
- Skehanagh, Co. Tipperary
- Informant
- Dan Treacy
- Gender
- Male
- Address
- Skehanagh, Co. Tipperary
Homemade Toys
“In olden times the boys used to make bugles out of straws...”
Bugles
In olden times the boys used to make bugles out of straws. Where the knot would be on the straw, they split the straw and blow into it.Rattles
The boys and girls used to get tin boxes and put little stones into them. Then they put the lids on them and shook the boxes and they had rattles.Crosses
The boys got long "traneens" of hay and put the ends all together and twisted them. They made a little cross out of them then.(continues on next page)