School: Athboy (C.)
- Location:
- Athboy, Co. Meath
- Teacher: Bríghid, Bean Uí Mhacháin
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- There were many home made toys made long ago by the children, and most of them are made still. Girls make dolls and daisy-chains. They makje the dolls from cloths. They get an old cloths, roll it up, cover it with a white cloth and mark eyes, a nose, and mouth on it. This is the head. They sew other cloths to the head for the body. They out no feet or hands on the doll, but long clothes.
drawing of doll.
Boys make dart boards from a round still piece of card board. Ten sections are marked on it. Six sections are numbered and four left blank. If the dart strikes one of the blank spaces, the person who threw the dart is out.
Drawing of cart board and dart.(continues on next page)- Collector
- Bernadette Mc Hale
- Gender
- Female
- Address
- Martinstown, Co. Meath
- Informant
- James Mc Connell
- Gender
- Male
- Address
- Martinstown, Co. Meath