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   People make others itchy by getting skidderywadderies, the seeds of wild roses and putting them down other's backs. Sometimes people feel so itchy that they have to take of their clothes to take out the little seeds that are inside the skidderywadderies. People should bruise the skidderywadderies when they are putting them down a person's back. They are small like a grape and coloured red.

   

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   My uncle Matt Finucane said when he was young he used to make horses and cars. He used to make the car of a small timber box and two polish boxes for wheels. He used to make the horses out of cloth and turf dust. He used draw the figure of a horse on a piece of paper. The he used get a cloth and double it then he used put the cloth down on the horse and cut out the

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   Topics

   1. activities
      1. social activities (~7)
         1. entertainments and recreational activities (~5,933)
            1. toys (~1,598)

   Language

   English

   Collector

   R. Finnucane

   Gender

   Male

   Address

   Listowel, Co. Kerry

   Informant

   M. Finnucane

   Age

   80

   Address

   Listowel, Co. Kerry