1. dúchas.ie
  2. The Schools' Collection
  3. Páirc na Coille

School: Páirc na Coille

Location:
Woodfield, Co. Roscommon
Teacher:
Énrí Ó Maolagáin
Browse
Mode:
The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0233, Page 288

Archival Reference

The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0233, Page 288

Image and data © National Folklore Collection, UCD.

See copyright details.

Download

Open data

Available under Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0)

  1. XML School: Páirc na Coille
  2. XML Page 288
  3. XML “Homemade Toys”

Note: We will soon deprecate our XML Application Programming Interface and a new, comprehensive JSON API will be made available. Keep an eye on our website for further details.

On this page

  1. Homemade Toys

    Share Share Post
    Spinning Top:-
    A Spinning Top is made out of a spool by pairing one end end to a point. Then a stick is put through it.
    Gun:-
    A gun is made by boaring a hole up the centre of a boltrt stick and then getting a spring of a clock and putting it into a hole in the middle.
    Cradle:-
    A cradle is made by tying four double at the ends and building elder sticks cross-wise.
    Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.
    History Edit
    Topics
    1. activities
      1. social activities (~7)
        1. entertainments and recreational activities (~5,933)
          1. toys (~1,598)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Eddie Leydon
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Derreentunny, Co. Roscommon