School: Allenwood
- Location:
- Allenwood, Co. Kildare
- Teacher: Seán Ó Clúmháin
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- Toys.One of the things girls make to amuse themselves is a cowslip ball. They get a string and stretch it between two sticks. Then they get the cowslips and hang them head-downwards on the string. When the string is covered they roll it up and tie the ends together.The girls also make daisy-chains. Boys make cribs for catching birds and they make boxes out of rushes for catching pinkeens. Boys make whistles out of reeds called a piotian. They make catapults out of a piece of rubber.(continues on next page)
- Collector
- N. Connelly
- Gender
- Female
- Address
- Grangeclare West, Co. Kildare
- Informant
- Patrick Lyons
- Gender
- Male
- Address
- Grangeclare West, Co. Kildare