School: Tolerton, Ballylickmoyler (roll number 11321)
- Location:
- Tamhlachtain, Co. Laoise
- Teacher: L. Ó Broin
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You are not logged in, but you are welcome to contribute a transcription anonymously. In this case, your IP address will be stored in the interest of quality control.By clicking the save button you agree that your contribution will be available under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International License and that a link to dúchas.ie is sufficient as attribution. - Many boys and girls take a delight in making toys when they have spare time. I often made toys. I made a neck-lace with daisies. Then I picked out the longest daisy that was in the bunch. I broke the stems off the other daisies. Then I put a hole in the heads of the other daisies and I put the heads of the other daisies on the stems of the longest daisy that was in the bunch.
The name of this toy is called a daisy chain. Children often made(continues on next page)
