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School: Newtown, Kells (roll number 5053)

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Newtown (Shea), Co. Kilkenny
Teacher:
(name not given)
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0858B, Page 04_042

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    On other occasions girls go out in to the nice sweet-scented meadow and gather a big bunch of perfumed cowslips which they make a tosty of. A long piece of thread is obtained and each cowslip is put down through it. When all the cowslips are on the thread if forms a ball but is much softer.
    [Drawing] - Tosty
    They throw the tosty up in the air several times. For each throw they say one word of this verse, "Tosty, tosty tell me true how many years have I to go to school. One two three" and so on until they miss the throw.
    (continues on next page)
    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
    Brigid Ní Longáin
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Haggard, Co. Kilkenny
    Informant
    Mr Edward Long
    Gender
    Male
    Age
    69
    Address
    Haggard, Co. Kilkenny