School: Newbliss (roll number 8328)

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   Tops were made with a spool cut in two and a pointed stick hammered through the hole, and it would spin on the road. Kites were made by getting two sticks putting one across the other, and nailing the two in the middle, and by gumming a sheet of paper over the sticks, and putting a string on papers for the tail, and tying a spool of thread on to it. Balls were made by putting rolls of paper together, making them round and then tying with a piece of twine Toy carts were made with pieces of wood nailed together, and two wheels sawn from a round piece of stick.

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   Topics

   1. activities
      1. social activities (~7)
         1. entertainments and recreational activities (~5,933)
            1. toys (~1,598)

   Language

   English

   Informant

   Mr J. Smyth

   Gender

   Male

   Address

   Newbliss, Co. Monaghan

3. Toy-Making

   

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   The way children made a doll is first they got an old cardboard box, cut out the doll and sewed it up. They put sticks for legs, and covered them with cloth. Then they got a piece of board and nailed it to the

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