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School: Doire Iubhair (roll number 7194)

Location:
Derryoober West, Co. Galway
Teacher:
Séan Mac Diarmuda
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0050, Page 0361

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    In this locality the boys make a great many toys Such as Cribs which are used for catching birds How a crib is made is you make a square out of four pieces of sticks. Then you bring a doubled piece of scick up from each corner of the square and weve sticks across every side and when it is buit to the top where the sticks all meet together the building part is finished. After that you catch a brire and ty the two ends of it to the bottom of the crib. Then you
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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
    Tom Donnelly
    Gender
    Male
    Age
    50
    Address
    Dooros, Co. Galway