School: Cnapach
- Location:
- Knappagh, Co. Cavan
- Teacher: S. Ó Hionruaidh
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- (continued from previous page)It was costume that when they were leaving to go to the chapel an old boot would be thrown after them. Today they hire a car for the wedding day and for the following Sunday. Straw boys are rarely heard of either When the straw boys would go to the house it was a costume for them to dance the bride and behave them-selves. Today if they went to a wedding it would be to cause annoyance and not to behave themselves.
- In the evening when I go home from school I learn my lessons, and when I am finished I love to make toys.
The toys which I make do not be very fancy ones, but they please me.
Here is a list of some of the toys which I make:
Dogs, cats, dolls, cups, saucers, necklaces and doll houses.
I get an old stocking and stuff it with moss and when I think I have it big enough and I sew it across(continues on next page)- Collector
- Kate Mc Gorry
- Gender
- Female