School: Kilsaran

Location:
Kilsaran, Co. Louth
Teacher:
M. Nic Craith
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0670, Page 118

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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0670, Page 118

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  1. The young girls long ago used to make marbles and all sorts of birds and animals out of yellow clay. They used to get sheep's wool and put it on them for hair. Some times they would get grass and plait it and paint the faces of the clay dolls.
    The boys used to make a bow and arrow out of an old umbrella.
    The children now a day seldom make toys.
    They buy them in the shops. They made a whistle out of an elder stick. Two or three boys
    (continues on next page)
    Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.
    Topics
    1. activities
      1. social activities (~7)
        1. entertainments and recreational activities (~5,933)
          1. toys (~1,598)
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    English