School: Gortnaskeagh (roll number 16321)

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1. Homemade Toys (continued)

   

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   dolls from dab and they also get a handful of hemlock and put them on a string to make a necklace. Boys also buy dull wire to make dulls to catch rabbits and hares. They get a bit of a branch of ash and drive a nail through it and bore a hole in it. They cut a small piece out of the top of it and make a whistle. They get a turnip & paint the nose eyes and mouth like a person for the head of a dab man. All those toys are still being made. Those home made toys are easy to break.

   

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2. Games I Play

   

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   I play many games namely High "Windows," "Den," "Skipping," "Tig," "Lord Look," "Weigh the butter and sell the salt." Those are the games I play in the day time. At night in the house I play "Dallog" and cards. In summer the children play the most. I pick nuts and

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   Topics

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

   Language

   English

   Collector

   Annie Gilmartin

   Gender

   Female

   Address

   Tawnymoyle, Co. Leitrim

   Informant

   Mr Patrick Kelly

   Gender

   Male

   Age

   65

   Address

   Gortnaskeagh, Co. Leitrim