School: Poll an Chapaill, Mullinahone (roll number 14181)
- Location:
- Poulacapple West, Co. Tipperary
- Teacher: Seán Ó h-Icidhe
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- (continued from previous page)draw out the shape of a person's head on it. They would put two holes in it for the eyes and put red paper in them. Inside the eyes is put a lighting cndle in order to frighten people.
- The girls string flowers with a needle and thread. The boys make pop guns by getting an alder stick and taking out all the inside of it and getting a piece of paper and a ramrod. The ghosts are made by emptying a turnip and putting the features in it with a knife and then putting a candle in it and then it is put in a sheltery corner where the people pass.
Cribs are made by getting a frame and then getting a few sally sticks to make the foundation.