Homemade Toys

Abstract: Story collected by Annie Joynt, a student at Naomh Féichín, Mainistir school (Abbey, Co. Galway) from informant Michael Joynt.

Original reference: 0052/2/7

 Naomh Féichín, Mainistir [Vol. 0052, Chapter 0002]

County  The Schools' Manuscript Collection : County Galway Schools

COLLECTOR
Joynt, Annie 
Gender
female
Location
Conicar (Townland) 
Tynagh (Electoral district) 
Ballynakill (Civil parish) 
Leitrim (Barony) 
Galway (County) 
INFORMANT
Joynt, Michael 
Gender
male
Location
Conicar (Townland) 
Tynagh (Electoral district) 
Ballynakill (Civil parish) 
Leitrim (Barony) 
Galway (County) 

Story text

transcribed at

 

Homemade Toys  [duchas:4579139]

Home made toys.
1. All the people long ago were able to make cleeves which thye used for carrying potatoes to the pit and many other purposes.
2. There was a man living in Barnaboy and he made a cleeve but when he had the cleeve finished it was too big to go out the door and he had to break it up again and make a smaller one.
3. Jim Kelly is able to make gate and axels for common cars The Downey's in Ballygown are able to make cribs to catch birds.

Resource description

Origin information
Abbey, Co. Galway
Date created: –
Type of Resource
text
Physical description
p. 0035
Volume 0052
Note
Collected as part of the Schools' Folklore scheme, 1937-1938, under the supervision of teacher Séan De Paor.
Languages
Irish  
Genre
Folktale
Subject
Toys   linked data (lcsh)
Toys--Bréagáin
School location
Abbey An Mhainistir Abbey Tynagh Ballynakill Leitrim Galway
Location
https://doi.org/10.7925/drs1.duchas_4587094
Location
University College Dublin. National Folklore Collection UCD .

Original reference: 0052/2/7

Suggested credit
"Homemade Toys"in "The Schools' Manuscript Collection," held by University College Dublin, National Folklore Collection UCD. © University College Dublin. Digital content by: Glenbeigh Records Management, published by UCD Library, University College Dublin <https://doi.org/10.7925/drs1.duchas_4587094>
Note
Collected as part of the Schools' Folklore scheme, 1937-1938, under the supervision of teacher Séan De Paor.
Funding
Supported by funding from the Department of Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht (Ireland), University College Dublin, and the National Folklore Foundation (Fondúireacht Bhéaloideas Éireann), 2014-2016.
Record source
Metadata creation date: 2014/2016 — Metadata created by Fiontar, Dublin City University, in collaboration with the National Folklore Collection UCD and UCD Library. Original Fiontar metadata converted into MODS by UCD Library.

School location

Rights & Usage Conditions

Creative Commons License
Homemade Toys is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International License.

Copyright of the original resource: University College Dublin

To use for commercial purposes, please contact the National Folklore Collection, UCD - See: http://n2t.net/ark:/87925/h1cc0xm5