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School: Mercy Convent

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Belturbet, Co. Cavan
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0972, Page 155

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    makes the horses, dolls-prams, and wheel barrows, His wife and daughters make the dolls.
    The boys of the town make spinning - tops and catapults.
    The way they make the tops is to get a spool and pare it until they have it round. Then they put a nail through with the point sticking out at the bottom and the top spins on this point.
    Catapults are made by cutting apiece of wood in the shape of a "Y" and fastening a strip of rubber at the top and through the opening thus made they throw the stones.
    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
    Collector
    Nuala Mc Guigan
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Kilconny, Co. Cavan