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School: Hackettstown (St Joseph's)

Location:
Baile Haicéid, Co. Cheatharlach
Teacher:
M. Ní Raghallaigh
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0909, Page 304

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    There are not many toys now made by boys in this district. Boys sometimes make "men" out of a turnip. At first they get a turnip and cut the middle out of it. Then they cut the shape of a man out of it.
    They also make tops. At first they get a spool and they pare it down until there is a point on it. Then they put a nail out through it and it does as a top.
    Girls make dolls from rags, sewn together and filled with bran or sawdust.
    Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.
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