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School: Tairbeart (C.)

Location:
Tarbert, Co. Kerry
Teacher:
Máire, Bean Uí Chonaill
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0404, Page 063

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    pencils while the hair was supplied by the application of paint. Boys sometimes made woollen dolls for their sisters, who spent many a happy hour, making dresses for, and dressing, their dollies.
    Little boys made boats from ash wood. Sometimes a crowd of little boys gathered together around a little pool of water, each having his own little boat, and each had much fun floating the boat.
    Little boys also got old reels and shaped them in such a way that a point would
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    Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.
    History Edit
    Topics
    1. activities
      1. social activities (~7)
        1. entertainments and recreational activities (~5,933)
          1. toys (~1,598)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Mary P. O Grady
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Tarbert, Co. Kerry
    Informant
    Timothy O Grady
    Gender
    Male
    Age
    50
    Address
    Tarbert, Co. Kerry