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School: Cloncovid

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Cloncovet, Co. an Chabháin
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0988, Page 122

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    When boys or girls are small the find great pleasure in making toys. During the long Winter nights the girls make "rag dolls" and the boys make "shot guns" or "spring guns"
    When a girl is going to make a rag doll she gets pieces of cloth, sews them together & stuffs it to make the body. She sews a head to the body and dresses it and then she has a doll.
    Sometimes girls make dolls from potatoes and sometimes from turnips. They also
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    Topics
    1. gníomhaíochtaí
      1. gníomhaíochtaí sóisialta (~7)
        1. siamsaíocht agus caitheamh aimsire (~5,933)
          1. bréagáin (~1,598)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    May Sheridan
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Carnagh Upper, Co. an Chabháin
    Informant
    Mrs Caldwell
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Carnagh Upper, Co. an Chabháin