School: St Egney's (C.), Buncrana
- Location:
- Buncrana, Co. Donegal
- Teacher: Ellen Daly
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 1112, Page 362
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You are not logged in, but you are welcome to contribute a transcription anonymously. In this case, your IP address will be stored in the interest of quality control.By clicking the save button you agree that your contribution will be available under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International License and that a link to dúchas.ie is sufficient as attribution. - In olden times all the old people were very fond of toys, and of course on that account they made a great number of them. The girls were very fond of doll-making, and and this is how they made the dolls. A small broad board had to be got, and a little hold was bored down from the top of it to the center. In this little hole a little ball of black yarn with a little stick in it was placed, then two little pieces of white cloth were made from the eyes, and two(continues on next page)
