School: Druim Snámha (roll number 14057)
- Location:
- Drumsna, Co. Leitrim
- Teacher: Seán Ó Haodha
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- Long ago in Ireland little boys used to make tops for spinning, out of spools. They made a yo-yo out of two spools and a peice of a stick in both spools and a cord by putting the stick in both spools and twisting the twine round the stick it was like a shop one.Girls could make dolls out of cardboard and cloth. Also they could make figures of cats out of cardboards by getting a picture of one first and then they would cut her out on cardboard.Boys could make whistles out of chestnuts by boring them with a penknife and they could make a flute out of ferns.They uses bore six holes for the fingers and one for(continues on next page)
- Collector
- Teresa Lenehan
- Gender
- Female
- Address
- Killasanowl, Co. Leitrim
- Informant
- Mr Edward Lenehan
- Gender
- Male
- Address
- Killasanowl, Co. Leitrim