School: Páirc na Coille
- Location:
- Woodfield, Co. Roscommon
- Teacher: Énrí Ó Maolagáin
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- "Home Made Toys"
Marbles:-
At school the children used to make marbles out of daub, and they used to leave them up until they got hard.
Tops:-
They used to make tops with a spool, and put a piece of a stick down in the middle of it, with a sharp top on the stick.
Snares:-
The boys used to make snares fro catching rabbits. They made them with wire and sticks, with the wire twisted around the stick.
Necklaces:-
The girls used to make necklaces with daisies, and red berried off the holly-bushes, and they made them with a needle and thread.(continues on next page)- Collector
- Tess Brady
- Gender
- Female
- Address
- Derrycashel, Co. Roscommon