School: Naomh Feichín, Cros (roll number 7075)
- Location:
- Cross, Co. Mayo
- Teacher: M. Mac Niocail
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- (continued from previous page)and long ago they used put toe through it. They make water pop-guns also for firing water.Snares: They twist wire together and make a loop of it, and put it in a way so that it would run. They put a string onto the wire and a stick on to that and stick it in the ground and the rabbit would run in and be caught.Snares and pop-guns are used at the present day but the rest are not.
- Dolls. The children made dolls long ago out of a pirce of wood, they painted the wood and they put dresses on them. They also made a chain with daisies.
Spinning Tops = Boys made spinning tops out of thread spools. They made them by cutting off one side of the spool and putting into the hole that's in the spool a piece of round stick with a point on it.
Cradle Birds - They made a box with rods and they tied a string(continues on next page)- Informant
- Mrs O' Connor
- Gender
- Female
- Address
- Derry, Co. Mayo