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School: Lanesboro (roll number 13320)

Location:
Lanesborough, Co. Longford
Teacher:
E. Ó Reachtagáin
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0753, Page 050

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    get a piece of wood and put eyes in it and a mouth and nail it to a stool you could make a doll out of cloth, get a piece of cloth sew the two sides and stuff it with cloth and make legs and sew it on to the body, then fasten the head on.
    You could make a whistle out of a chestnut,: take all the stuff inside, out.
    You could make a dolls house get three pieces of wood and nail them together: then get the door and have it ready get two pieces on for the roof. Then nail on the door,
    Your could make a man out of wood get a round piece and then get another piece and paint eyes and a mouth on it, nail them together with nails.
    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)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Betty Gibbons
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Cloonfore, Co. Longford