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School: Lanesboro (roll number 13320)

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Lanesborough, Co. Longford
Teacher:
E. Ó Reachtagáin
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0753, Page 046

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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0753, Page 046

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  1. Homemade Toys (continued)

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    by cutting out a piece of wood in the shape of a horses head and stick it to a piece of wood. To make a doll get some canvas and cut out eyes, mouth, and a nose, and then stuff it with sawdust and polish it well with black polish. To make a top by getting an old spool and point it and put a nail through it.
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  2. Homemade Toys

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    You could make a necklace by getting a whole lot of chestnuts and boring a hole in each one and put a string through them. You could make a daisy-chain but putting a cut in them and put them out through one and other.
    You could make a top by getting an old spool and paint it and put a nail in the top of it. You could get a bit of a tree and shape it like a gun
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    Topics
    1. activities
      1. social activities (~7)
        1. entertainments and recreational activities (~5,933)
          1. toys (~1,598)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Joan Kelly
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Barnacor, Co. Longford