School: Laragh
- Location:
- Laragh, Co. Cavan
- Teacher: M. Ní Riain
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- (continued from previous page)the body. I got two small polish boxes, I put holes in their centres and they served as wheels. I painted it blue.
- My father can make a sling out of two cords and a piece of leather.
Thomas Connelly, [heiter?], Kingscourt, Co. Cavan could make a 'dancing master.' He got a piece of wood and shaped it like a man. He tied this figure on wires, sat it on the floor, and it danced. - Informant
- Philip Farrelly
- Gender
- Male
- Age
- 60
- Address
- Leiter, Co. Cavan
- My father could make a whip by plaiting rushes together. He could make a badge, by removing the soft part of the rushes, and twisting the peels in and out through one another.He could also make a whistle by removing the inside portion of the horse-chestnut
