School: Ballyfin, Mountrath (roll number 15537)

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1. A Rag Doll (continued)

   

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   have the body finished.
   The head is the next piece of business. I get carboard and cut it out in a circle about as big as a doll's face would be and cover it over with a piece of white cloth and stuff it at the back with a little saw-dust to form the back of the head. I now take some crayons and mark in her eyes with a blue crayon, her cheeks with a red crayon and her lips with the same colour. I join the head to the body.
   This being done I next manafacture the legs and arms. I get four long strips of canvas join them together, stuff them with saw-dust and join them on to the body. This being done I make the arms in like manner and join them to the shoulders.

   

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2. Bow-and-Arrows

   

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   To make arrows I get some long straight rods. Sallies are usually used, as they are very straight. I cut the rods into lengths, about nine inches long. These I point at one end. When I have the arrows made, I tie them all in a bundle and hang them from one of the buttons of my coat. The bow is made in the

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   Topics

   1. gníomhaíochtaí
      1. gníomhaíochtaí sóisialta (~7)
         1. siamsaíocht agus caitheamh aimsire (~5,933)

   Language

   English

   Collector

   Denis Meehan

   Gender

   Male

   Address

   Ceapach an Rois, Co. Laoise