School: The Rower (B.), Inistioge (roll number 15160)
- Location:
- The Rower, Co. Kilkenny
- Teacher: Risteárd Ó Cuirrín
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- (continued from previous page)can also be spun with a whip just the same way. It is called "a scurging top". Boys make them often.[Drawing] - Home made top
- In olden times boys and girls used to make toys themselves and some of them make them still.1. The way girls made dolls is:- They used to get a piece of a rag, stuff it with hair and stitch it. Then they painted it.2. About a hundred years ago boys used to make spinning tops with a piece of timber. Then they got a peice of cord and tied it on a stick. Then they put the top spinning and they whipped the top and(continues on next page)
- Collector
- John Walsh
- Gender
- Male
- Informant
- John Walsh
- Gender
- Male
- Age
- 65