School: Caimthír (Camphire), Ceapach Chuinn (roll number 15129)

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1. Homemade Toys

   

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   are still made from wire. Five wires are twisted together and a loop left at the end. The other end is passed through the loop and tied to a timber peg. THe snare is then set in the rabbit's path and when he comes along he does not see it and is caught by the head. Models from Turnips:= Models were carved with knives out of turnips:=-Eggstands, candlesticks, and cups were often made.

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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

   Brighid Ní Craith

   Relation

   Unknown

   Gender

   Female

   Age

   48

   Occupation

   Siopadóir

   Address

   Camphire, Co. Waterford

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   Tops
   Long ago the young people made tops from spools. They pared the spool into the shape of a top and put a nail down through the spool for a spear.
   Guns
   The young people got elder and pared it, burned the pith out of it with a red iron and put a thin rod in its place with a knob in the top of it. They made bullets out of corks

   

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