School: Killashandra (C.) Convent
- Location:
- Killashandra, Co. Cavan
- Teacher: Sr. M. Cornillius
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- In ancient Irish the children made their own toys. In the Summer days when the flowers are in bloom, they made chains, bangles, or necklaces out of them. This is how they made them. They gathered daisies and primroses. Then they bored a hole in each flower with a needle and put one put in through the other.
They also made doll's houses out of wood. They made windows and doors in them. They made four(continues on next page)- Informant
- Ellen Reilly
- Gender
- Female
- Address
- Derrynacross, Co. Cavan