School: Summerville (roll number 622)
- Location:
- Summerville, Co. Waterford
- Teacher: John Burke
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- (continued from previous page)through it. Another bit of a stick is got to fit the hole. A bit of paper rolled up hard is put into one end. Blow into the other hole and put in another piece of paper in after it being careful not to let out the wind. When the paper is in put in the stick after it. The paper art the other end will then shoot out.
- Dolls used to be made also. Her had used be made from a turnip with eyes and nose and mouth shaped out. Her body used be made of a piece of a cloth stuffed with saw-dust or straw. Her hands and legs were made of sticks. When the doll was finished she was painted.
- Collector
- Kitty Quann
- Gender
- Female
- Address
- Ballyshoneen, Co. Waterford
- Informant
- Patrick Quann
- Relation
- Parent
- Gender
- Male
- Age
- 70
- Address
- Ballyshoneen, Co. Waterford