School: Naomh Feichín, Cros (roll number 7075)

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   on to it. Then they put food into the box, and it would not be long until a bird would go into the box to eat the food. They would then pull the string and close the door, then the bird could not go out. These toys are still carried on.

   

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2. Homemade Toys

   

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   Long ago little girls used to make necklaces out of daisies. They used to get them growing out in the field and they used to get a long thráneen and put the daisies into it and then it used to make a lovely necklace for them. They used make dolls out of daub and they used to put a queer face on them. Long ago little boys were making spinning tops out of thread spools. They were great spinning tops. They used to make pop-guns out of a tree called the Trom. They were making slings out of bits of leather and bits of twine. They were great for throwing stones far off.

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