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School: Wicklow (B.) (2)

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Wicklow, Co. Wicklow
Teacher:
An Br. P. Ó Maolchalláin
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0926, Page 165

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  1. Homemade Toys

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    Boats: Get two or three corks and join them together with match sticks. Get two nails to act as a balance for the corks. Put in two match-sticks for masts and put paper on them.
    Get a tin can and take the bottom out of it. Then flatten it and then bend the ends and hammer them together.
    Lantern: Get a mangel and scoop it out and put a lighted candle in it and put a piece of glass over the front of it and it will show light.
    A Top: Get a spool and carve one side in the shape of a top and put a nail in it.
    Bow and arrow: Get a piece of a sally and tie a piece of cord to both ends. Get another piece of stick and point it.
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    1. activities
      1. social activities (~7)
        1. entertainments and recreational activities (~5,933)
          1. toys (~1,598)
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