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School: Baile Dháithí, Dunlavin

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Davidstown, Co. Wicklow
Teacher:
Róisín Bhreathnach
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0915, Page 162

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    In olden times when there were no toys sold in shops, the children used make toys themselves.
    They used to make whistles from straw. They got the straw and cut a bit out of the side of it and when blew through it, it whistled.
    They also made whistles out of sticks. They used get a bit of a stick bore a hole through it and cut a bit out of the side of it and then blow.
    They made a car out of a box with four polish boxes under it for wheels.
    For wheelbarrows they used get a box and put a polish-box on it for a wheel and put two handles out of it. For handballs they would get paper and roll it up into a
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    History Edit
    Topics
    1. activities
      1. social activities (~7)
        1. entertainments and recreational activities (~5,933)
          1. toys (~1,598)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Larry Nolan
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Donard, Co. Wicklow
    Informant
    Murtagh Nolan
    Relation
    Parent
    Gender
    Male
    Age
    60
    Address
    Donard, Co. Wicklow