School: Tighmhanach (roll number 15715)

Location:
Tigh Mhanach, Co. Ros Comáin
Teacher:
Mrs E. Jordan
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0234, Page 353

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    for her. My mother shows me how to do the arms and the neck. Then I knit a little pair of stockings and I have a fine doll made. I get a box and I make a cradle and I put her into it.
    In the evening I go out in the fields and I make a wreath of the daisies and I hang it on my neck. I make a chain for my hands also, I often made a rush hat. I get a lot of rushes and I make the crown. Then I make the leaf wider than the crown and then it is finished.
    Since I started coming to school I learned how to sew. In the evenings I am sewing and I often get a bit of cotton cloth and I shape it square. Then I turn down a little fold and I
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    Topics
    1. gníomhaíochtaí
      1. gníomhaíochtaí sóisialta (~7)
        1. siamsaíocht agus caitheamh aimsire (~5,933)
          1. bréagáin (~1,598)
    Language
    English
    Informant
    Mrs Gara
    Relation
    Parent
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Tigh Mhanach, Co. Ros Comáin