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School: Clochar na Trócaire, Béal Átha na Sluagh

Location:
Ballinasloe, Co. Galway
Teacher:
Sr. M. Oiliféar
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0029, Page 0157

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  1. Homemade Toys

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    Home-made Toys
    Girls made daisy chains with strings of daisys. Boys made spinning tops out of spools. They also played jack-stones by getting a number of stones and throwing them up in the air, and who-ever would get the most stones on the back of their hand, would win the game. The boys made guns with elder branches.
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    Poolboy,
    Ballinasloe,
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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
    Mrs D. Maguire
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Pollboy, Co. Galway

  2. Homemade Toys

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    2. Long ago people made cribs for catching birds. These were made out of sally rods. They bent the rods and plaited them together. They were then set near a hedge and were kept up off the ground by a small piece of rod. Frosty days were considered
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