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School: Corlea

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Corlea, Co. Cavan
Teacher:
T. Ó Mearáin
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 1009, Page 086

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    Every boy and girl can make toys. The girls make dolls. They find a piece of calico and cut it out in the shape of a doll. Then they sew it and stuff it with flock and dress it.
    Boys make tops from thread spools by paring them very fine at one end. Most boys like to make snares for catching rabbits. They find two pieces of snare wire about one yard long and double them once leaving a small loop at one end. The other end is put into the loop. Then it is left resting on a peg about
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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
    Peter Connolly
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Corlea, Co. Cavan
    Informant
    Patrick Connolly
    Gender
    Male
    Age
    64
    Address
    Corlea, Co. Cavan