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School: Tobar (B.)

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Tober, Co. Offaly
Teacher:
C. Ó Maoltuile
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0808, Page 099

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    birds. He would get four sticks and put the end of one through the other. This would be the frame. Then he would get a long piece of twine and tie it to the corners of the frame. Then he would get thin pieces of sticks and keep putting them on top of one another till it came to a point. Then he tightened it and the crib was made.
    He made small cars. He cut the wheels out of wood. He made the axles out of strong wire.
    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
    Terence Mc Loughlin
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Tinamuck South, Co. Offaly
    Informant
    Terence Mc Loughlin
    Gender
    Male
    Age
    65
    Occupation
    Farmer
    Address
    Tinamuck South, Co. Offaly