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School: Killashandra (C.) Convent

Location:
Killashandra, Co. Cavan
Teacher:
Sr. M. Cornillius
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0984, Page 238

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    rooms in each house - a parlour kitchen, bedroom, and a sitting room.
    They made clavans out of sally rods for catching birds in the frost.
    They made crosses out of varnished rods and tinaels.
    They made cages for catching butterflies out of green rushes. This is how they made them. They gathered the rushes and they pout three rushes between their fingers. Then they would put one rush after another until they would have it large enough for the butterfly.
    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
    Informant
    Ellen Reilly
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Derrynacross, Co. Cavan