School: Dungimmon
- Location:
- Dungummin Lower, Co. Cavan
- Teacher: Mrs Flynn
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- 9-2-'38
Homemade ToysLong ago, girls used to make rag-dolls. First they would get a rag, and put sheep's wool in it, then they would blacken, the rag to make a face out of it.For the body they would get a piece of wood and cover it with a white cloth. They would then join it to the head, and get a bunch of rags to make clothes for it, then get a bunch of weeds, and put it on her head for hair.Boys used to make toys out of thread spools, first they would take one edge of the spool, then stick a piece of a stick in the hole and tie a piece of string to it. They also used to make kites, they would tie a piece of paper to a stick, and go out, and hold it up in the wind.They still makes snares, to catch hares, and rabbits. They get fine snare wire, and make out a ring of it, put a loop on it, then pull one end of it, through the loop, tie a bit of cord(continues on next page)
- Collector
- Meg Reilly
- Gender
- Female
- Address
- Dungummin Lower, Co. Cavan
- Informant
- Thomas Reilly
- Gender
- Male
- Age
- 50
- Address
- Dungummin Lower, Co. Cavan
