School: Moneytown, Roundwood
- Location:
- An Muine, Co. Chill Mhantáin
- Teacher: Mrs. Redmond
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- (continued from previous page)in Spring. When spring comes they are drawn in to the barn or haggard where the bad ones and the seed and the eating potatoes are sorted
from each other. So this part of the country
the corn is sown before the potatoes and the
potatoes are sown under the manure. But before the sea this is not done because there is
no frost. The spade with which the potatoes are dug is bought but long ago they were made in
forges. Wooden ploughs were never used in this district. The farmers help one another in sewing
the potatoes. Potatoes were used as starch long
ago but is not now.
- Homemade Toys
When my father was a little boy he
had very little toys except those he made himself.
He used to make whistles from reeds and birch-bark and catapults to throw stones with. He also used to make bows and arrows
from seasoned ash sticks and tops were made
from empty spools.
When my mother was a little girls she used to make cloth dolls and doll's houses from(continues on next page) - Collector
- Neans Ní Bhriain
- Gender
- Female
- Age
- 12
