School: Doire an Céise (C )
- Location:
- Dernakesh, Co. Cavan
- Teacher: Bean Mhic Uaid
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- (continued from previous page)the stick and you will have a yeo-yeo.
- 4. They made chains from daisies in this way - pull about a dozen daisies and put a hole through the stem of each of them. Then put one daisy through the stem of another until the chain is made.
- 5. They made fifes out of sallies. They bored a hole down through the sally. Then they put six holes in the side for the person's fingers and one on the top to blow into.
- Collector
- Maggie Keenan
- Gender
- Female
- 6. Horses were made from carrots as follows. They put four legs into the carrot and put a head and tail on it. Dolls were also made from boards. They cut the board into a square body and nailed on a round head. Then they put on two legs and hands. When they were finished(continues on next page)
