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School: Baile Uaitéir (Walterstown) (roll number 12281)

Location:
Walterstown, Co. Cork
Teacher:
Seán Ó Raghaill
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0386, Page 165

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    house, and pretend to be selling them. One of the children would be the shop keeper, and the other children would come and buy the things.
    (Margaret Wilson)
    Cribs:- a crib is a wooden cage made of laths of wood used for catching birds. The crib is stood on one end and balanced on a "Gabhlóg" which is released by a twig standing on a bough.
    Tops:- Long ago the children made their own tops out of reels and screws. They drove a screw into a hole in the reel and they made it spin with a whip of thong.
    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)
    Languages
    Irish
    English
    Collector
    Margaret Wilson
    Gender
    Female
    Informant
    James Wilson
    Relation
    Parent
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Walterstown, Co. Cork