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School: Mong, Thomastown (roll number 5201)

Location:
Mungmacody, Co. Kilkenny
Teacher:
Bean Uí Dhuibhir
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0859, Page 028

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    lips and blow downwards.
    The girls make daisy chains out of daisies. A daisy chain is made very simply by putting a hole in the end of one daisy and passing another through it. Repeat it until the chain is about a foot and a half long. The girls can also make rag dolls. They shaped of cloth like a doll and stuffed it with something soft.
    Boys make buzzers out of a thin strip of wood. They cut notches in it. Two holes are bored in it and a string put through it. Tie the strings and it is made
    [Drawing]
    Wind it up and pull the two strings, then let them loose and pull them again. The stick will go around quickly making
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    Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.
    History Edit
    Topics
    1. activities
      1. social activities (~7)
        1. entertainments and recreational activities (~5,933)
          1. toys (~1,598)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Anthony O' Dwyer
    Gender
    Male
    Informant
    Patrick O' Dwyer
    Gender
    Male
    Age
    42
    Address
    Thomastown, Co. Kilkenny