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School: Naomh Baoithin, Tullydish (roll number 3160)

Location:
Tullydush Upper, Co. Donegal
Teacher:
Cathal P. Ó Lochlainn
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 1113, Page 161

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    There are not many ways that I know of for boys or girls to make toys at home but some of them are as follows -
    We girls during spring and summer gather small daisies and then larger ones called "Dog Daisies". A hole is made through the stem and a thread put through each hole and them pulled so that the daisies are drawn close up to each other and in this was we make a necklace.
    Another way of making a necklace is to gather Rowan berries off the Rowan trees and put a needle through the centre of
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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
    Mary Hegarty
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Burnfoot, Co. Donegal