School: Naomh Feichín, Cros (roll number 7075)

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   and long ago they used put toe through it. They make water pop-guns also for firing water.

   Snares: They twist wire together and make a loop of it, and put it in a way so that it would run. They put a string onto the wire and a stick on to that and stick it in the ground and the rabbit would run in and be caught.

   Snares and pop-guns are used at the present day but the rest are not.

   

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2. Homemade Toys

   

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   Dolls. The children made dolls long ago out of a pirce of wood, they painted the wood and they put dresses on them. They also made a chain with daisies. Spinning Tops = Boys made spinning tops out of thread spools. They made them by cutting off one side of the spool and putting into the hole that's in the spool a piece of round stick with a point on it. Cradle Birds - They made a box with rods and they tied a string

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   Topics

   1. activities
      1. social activities (~7)
         1. entertainments and recreational activities (~5,933)
            1. toys (~1,598)

   Language

   English

   Informant

   Mrs O' Connor

   Gender

   Female

   Address

   Derry, Co. Mayo