Homemade Toys

Abstract: Story collected by Lena Meehan, a student at Shanakill, Roscrea school (Shanakill, Co. Tipperary) from informant Mr Meehan.

Original reference: 0547/2/43

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INFORMANT
Meehan, Mr
Relation
parent
Gender
male
Location
Shanakill (Townland)
Killavinoge (Civil parish)
Ikerrin (Barony)
Tipperary (County)

transcribed at

 

Homemade Toys [duchas:4859127]

The boys got a piece of leather and two cords and tied them together. They put a stone on the piece of leather then. They swung the cords and the leather. Then they let one of the cords go and the stone would fly a long distance.
     The boys used get a big turnip and cut out the shape of a man's face on it. They would scoop out the turnip and put a lighted candle inside in it. If they knew of any person around the district was afraid in the night they put it where he'd be going in to his own house. They got a post and put the turnip on top of it and put a white sheet around the post and put it in near the ditch. They called it a ghost. 
      The boys and girls used get the back of a writing book and roll each side of it up and split half the middle of the back and doubled it back together and rub it with their hand and it would make noise.
    Cribs were made of sally rods and alders. The way they made them was to make a frame with four sticks and tie the four corners with sally rods and build it up with

Homemade Toys [duchas:4859128]

alders.
   Snares used to be made of snare-wire. The way they used make was to get 6 threads of snare-wire and loop it in a pot-lid and twist the pot-lid  around an it would plait the wire and tie a piece of strong twine to the snare and tie the other end of the twine to a peg to hold it in the ground.

          Lore of certain days
It is said that the luckiest day to move to a new house is on Friday, but to get married on Friday is considered unlucky.
    In my district anyone who is getting married does so on Wednesday.
It is said if you set eggs on a Sunday no chickens will come out of them.
The first seventeen days of April are called the "Riacr"days. They tried to skin the old cow in March and they had to borrow seventeen days from April to finish skinning her. 
Some say the eight, for the ninth more

Origin information
Shanakill, Co. Tipperary
Date created:
Type of Resource
text
Physical description
p. 156-158
Volume 0547
Note
Collected as part of the Schools' Folklore scheme, 1937-1938, under the supervision of teacher Seán Ó Ceallaigh.
Languages
English  
Genre
Folktale
Subject
Toys   linked data (lcsh)
Toys--Bréagáin
Informant location
ShanakillAn tSeanchillShanakillKillavinogeIkerrinTipperary
Location
https://doi.org/10.7925/drs1.duchas_5018220
Location
University College Dublin. National Folklore Collection UCD .

Original reference: 0547/2/43

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_5018220>
Note
Collected as part of the Schools' Folklore scheme, 1937-1938, under the supervision of teacher Seán Ó Ceallaigh.
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.

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