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School: An Páirtín

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Parteen, Co. Clare
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Ciarán Ó Ceallaigh
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0599, Page 481

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    Children made bird baskets to catch birds and made cages for to keep them out of sallies.
    They made balls for hurling out of old cotton wool. They made foot balls from the skin of two rabbits sewed together and packed with old rags they also put corks into it so that it could hop.
    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
    John Cooney
    Gender
    Male
    Informant
    S. Sheehan