School: Ballyfin, Mountrath (roll number 15537)
- Location:
- Ballyfin, Co. Laois
- Teacher: Seosamh Mac Giolla Fhionáin
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- First I gathered red haws. Then I got daisies. Then I got a needle and a strong thread.
Starting to work I put on a small haw first. Then I put on a daisy.
When I had about half the amount of haws and the same amount of daisies on the thread I got two big big haws and one big daisy, and placed them daisy between the two haws. That was the centre. I continued on then with the daisies and small haws.
I count the number of haws and the number of daisies on the side I have made and I put the same amount on the(continues on next page)- Collector
- Elizabeth Quinn
- Gender
- Female
- Address
- Iry, Co. Laois