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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 332

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    Long ago the children could make many nice toys.
    These are some of them. tops, whistles, flutes, rattlers, toy dogs, toy rabbits, and little dolls.
    This is the way the top would be made they would get an empty spoon one end was cut into a point and put on the floor and whipped with a whip.
    The way they
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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
    Rosie Murray
    Gender
    Female
    Informant
    Patrick Murray
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Tawnagh, Co. Mayo