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School: Baile an Bhile (C.) (roll number 15488)

Location:
Ballinvilla Demesne, Co. Mayo
Teacher:
Bríd Nic Giollachlaoin
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0110, Page 329

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    Toys are not as plentiful now as they were long ago.
    These are some of the toys that are made, tops, rattlers, little dolls and toy dogs.
    This is the way tops were made, they were made out of an empty wooden spool. One end was cut into a point and then it was left on the ground and whipped with a whip and the
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    History Edit
    Topics
    1. activities
      1. social activities (~7)
        1. entertainments and recreational activities (~5,933)
          1. toys (~1,598)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Margaret T. Lyons
    Gender
    Female
    Informant
    Mary Lyons
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Belesker, Co. Mayo