School: Skryne (roll number 1210)
- Location:
- An Scrín, Co. na Mí
- Teacher: Brian Mac Gabhann
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0686, Page 352
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- Margaret Crocock
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- When my father was going to school there were not many toys to be had. Top spinning was a great game then, and the boys used make tops out of a spool or a lump of wood. They would spin these tops with cords. Flails were used for threshing and were made at home. The part that struck the corn was
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