School: Newtown, Kells (roll number 5053)
- Location:
- Newtown (Shea), Co. Kilkenny
- Teacher: (name not given)
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- [Drawing] - Daisy-chainAs the children long ago never saw towns in which to see toys, so they made toys from wood, card-board, and other things at home.
The girls made daisy chain for using as necklaces.
The way they made them was, a bunch of flowers were picked, then one flower was holed in the stem usually with the thumb-nails, then another flower was put into the hole and another hole made in that stem.(continues on next page)- Collector
- Máire Ní Annracán
- Gender
- Male
- Address
- Kells, Co. Kilkenny
- Informant
- Mary Carroll
- Gender
- Female
- Age
- 74
- Address
- Kells, Co. Kilkenny