School: Tobar (B.)
- Location:
- Tober, Co. Offaly
- Teacher: C. Ó Maoltuile
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- (continued from previous page)put them to sail on water. They made cars out of wood. They put horses under the cars.
- One time a man lived named Tom Martin. He was able to make all kinds of toys. The man would be able to make a horse-shoe out of a turnip.
He would cut the turnip on the two sides of the turnip. Then he would cut out the shape of a horse-shoe. He would get a piece of a match and put it through for the nails. - Transcription guide » You are not logged in, but you are welcome to contribute a transcription anonymously. In this case, your IP address will be stored in the interest of quality control.By clicking the save button you agree that your contribution will be available under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International License and that a link to dúchas.ie is sufficient as attribution.
- Collector
- Thomas Byrne
- Gender
- Male
- Address
- Kilfoylan, Co. Offaly
- Informant
- Martin Byrne
- Gender
- Male
- Age
- 71
- Occupation
- Farmer
- Address
- Kilfoylan, Co. Offaly
- People made toys long ago. My fater used to make them. He used to make little men out of wood. He bradded his legs to his body.
He made cribs for catching(continues on next page)
