School: Kildavin, Ferns
- Location:
- Cill Damháin, Co. Cheatharlach
- Teacher: Tadhg de Brí
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0911, Page 288
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- Long ago boys made homemade toys. They made tops. First they got the wood from a crab tree or some hard wood like that. They then made it round and sharpened one end. They went to a blacksmith's forge and got him to put the spinner in it. All the boys would make one. They also made a little top from a thread spool. They sharpened one end. A stick was then got and fitted into the hole of the spool. They spun this with their fingers. This top was called a teetotum.They made whistles from sycamore or sally branches, or some wood which would peel easy. They loosened the skin on the stick. They then cut a little notch in it. They then split the stick down to the(continues on next page)
- Collector
- Eily Harmon
- Gender
- Female
- Informant
- Mr J. Hegarty
- Gender
- Male
- Age
- 52
- Occupation
- Clerk-labourer
- Address
- Cill Damháin, Co. Cheatharlach
