School: N. Peadair, Caisleán an Bharraigh (roll number 13787)
- Location:
- Carrowbrinoge, Co. Mayo
- Teacher: Séamus Ó Coigligh
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0089, Page 531
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- I spend my leisure hours in various ways. For instance when the day is wet I make dolls frocks. sometimes I make an attempt to make a dollhouse with cardboard.
The way I make a dollhouse is, I get a cardboard box about two square feet, and I get the four leaves of the box and I stitch the corners together with twine and when that is finished it is about two feet in height.
I then put a cardboard roof on it like the roof of an ordinary house and stitch it to the top of the box also with twine. I then put two windows in it, and maybe a window in the roof, and one door, and when it is finished. It looks just like an ordinary house.
Another way I spend my time is I make paper mats. The way I make a paper mat is, I get stiff white paper and I cut it in stripes all of the same length. I cut an equal number of stripes(continues on next page)
- Collector
- Bernadette O' Quigley
- Gender
- Female
- Address
- Garryduff, Co. Mayo
