1. dúchas.ie
  2. The Schools' Collection
  3. Doire an Céise (C )

School: Doire an Céise (C )

Location:
Dernakesh, Co. Cavan
Teacher:
Bean Mhic Uaid
Browse
Mode:
The Schools’ Collection, Volume 1017, Page 248

Archival Reference

The Schools’ Collection, Volume 1017, Page 248

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: Doire an Céise (C )
  2. XML Page 248
  3. XML “Local Toy-Making”
  4. XML “Local Toy-Making”
  5. XML “Local Toy-Making”
  6. XML “Local Toy-Making”

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

  2. Local Toy-Making

    Share Share Post
    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.
    Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.
    History Edit

  3. Local Toy-Making

    Share Share Post
    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.
    Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.
    History Edit

  4. Local Toy-Making

    Share Share Post
    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)
    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
    Philomena Mc Phillips
    Gender
    Female