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School: Christ Church, Castlebar (roll number 14358)

Location:
Castlebar, Co. Mayo
Teacher:
A. C. Ní Mhaitiú
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0154, Page 217

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    Home-made Toys
    People in our district still make toys for the children, and sometimes the children make the toys themselves. They make dolls when they have none. The way we make our dolls is by getting hay and piece of cloth and by sewing the cloth round the hay. Then we get a piece of stick and pare it until it is round and then we mark two eyes in it with a pencil and get two pieces of sticks for the hands and two more for the legs. We also make chairs and barrows. The way we make
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    Topics
    1. activities
      1. social activities (~7)
        1. entertainments and recreational activities (~5,933)
          1. toys (~1,598)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Eva Carson
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Cloontybaunan, Co. Mayo
    Informant
    Thomas Carson
    Relation
    Parent
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Cloontybaunan, Co. Mayo