School: Clochar na Trócaire, Drangan (roll number 7232)
- Location:
- Drongán, Co. Thiobraid Árann
- Teacher: An tSr. M. Gráinne
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0556, Page 375
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- In olden times almost all the toys were homemade. Some of those were tops, cribs, snares and pop-guns.The tops were made from crab-trees and were then sent to the nearest smith to have spears put in them. A light switch was then needed to put the top spinning.Cribs were made to catch birds. Ranks of elder sticks were tied together, and then a sally-switch was arranged in the crib to keep it a certain height from the ground.(continues on next page)
- Collector
- Mary Horan
- Gender
- Female
- Address
- Cnoc Iúrach, Co. Thiobraid Árann
- Informant
- Mr Thomas Horan
- Gender
- Male
- Address
- Cnoc Iúrach, Co. Thiobraid Árann