Scoil: Edmondstown (C.)

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1. Homemade Toys (ar lean)

   

   Roinn Roinn Postáil

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   is pulled, and the reins get bigger. Sometimes the children made them with different coloured wools.
   Long ago, boys put bird-lime on a stick, and then put a cage-bird on it, and when the wild-bird saw the cage bird, it flew down, and stuck to the stick. Also, birds were caught by cradle-birds. These cradle-birds were made from elder branches or canes, in a conical shape. These, the boys propped up with a stick, and then put crumbs under the cradle and when the bird flew down for the crumbs, the boys pulled a string that was attached to the stick, and the cradle fell down on the bird.
   Snares for catching hares or rabbits were made from three strands of thin wire, with a loop at one end and a stick at the other, stuck into the ground. The loop was large and stood in usually

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   Topaicí

   1. activities
      1. social activities (~7)
         1. entertainments and recreational activities (~5,933)
            1. toys (~1,598)

   Teanga

   Béarla

   Bailitheoir

   Bridie Holmes

   Inscne

   Baineann

   Seoladh

   Ballyboden, Co. Dublin

   Faisnéiseoir

   Mrs Holmes

   Gaol

   Tuismitheoir

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   Baineann

   Seoladh

   Ballyboden, Co. Dublin