School: Mercy Convent, Belturbet
- Location:
- Belturbet, Co. Cavan
- Teacher: (name not given)
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0971, Page 154
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- Long ago almost all the toys that children had were home-made.
Some little girls used to make rag dolls. They would stuff cloth with sawdust, and paint the face. Another thing which they liked to do was to make chains from flowers.
Both girls and boys liked to make butter-fly cages. The way in which these were made was to get some long rushes and plait them in and out and then bend down the stems in such a way as to leave a space at the top where the butter-fly would get in but could not get out. Boys used to make bows and arrows also. The way in which these were made was to get two "sally" rods. One of these was bent down and a string was tied from one end to(continues on next page)
- Collector
- Gertrude Kiernan
- Gender
- Female
- Address
- Kildallan, Co. Cavan
