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School: Gowran (C.)

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Gowran, Co. Kilkenny
Teacher:
Máiréad Ní Chuinn
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0860, Page 076

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    Home-Made Toys
    20-7-38
    A crib for catching birds is made of small straight sticks held together by willow twigs thus.
    Diagram
    A Crib
    Gandy is the name of an old face, made by the old people in Gowran long ago. They first two matches & two pennies. Then they put the two pennies between their fingers to form a mouth, then they put the two matches
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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
    Peggy Murphy
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Bodal, Co. Kilkenny
    Informant
    Mrs Culleton
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Gowran, Co. Kilkenny