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School: Ballycumber (C.)

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Ballycumber, Co. Offaly
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Mrs Fenelon
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0810, Page 308

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    make out of an old spool and pare one end of it, then they put a spike down through the middle of it and so made a "Teetom Totom".
    Little boys also make a kind of a toy motor car out of a big wooden box and four wheels on it. They also put a wheel in the front of it for the steering wheel and two seats in it. This they call a "Trolly Bus".
    Girls are very fond of making chains out of daisies and Dodgy balls out of cowslips.
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    Topics
    1. activities
      1. social activities (~7)
        1. entertainments and recreational activities (~5,933)
          1. toys (~1,598)
    Language
    English