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Living Museum:

Coins

Coins:

How big is it? It is about two cm in diameter.

What shape is it? it is round.

What colour is it? They are brown.

Is it decorated or plain? They are decorated.

What material is it made of? They are made of copper.

How old do you think it is? I think one coin is 130 years old.

Butter bats:

How big is it? They are about 30 cm long.

What shape is it? They are like bats.

What colour is it? They are brown.

Is it decorated or plain? They are plain.

What material is it made of? They are made of wood.

How old do you think it is? They are very old they belonged to my granny.

Holy Water:

How big is it?

What shape is it? It is about 7 and a half centimetres.

What colour is it? It is white.

Is it decorated or plain? It is plain.

What material is it made of? It is plastic.

How old do you think it is? It is very old.

Holy Medal:

How big is it? It is about 2 cm long.

What shape is it? It is oval.

What colour is it? It is gold plated silver.

Is it decorated or plain? It is decorated.

What material is it made of? It is made of silver.

How old do you think it is? I think it`s 50 years old.

Tap:

How big is it? 16 cm in length and 18 cm in height.

What shape is it? It t is a tap.

What colour is it? It was copper but now green from age.

Is it decorated or plain? It is plain.

What material is it made of? It is made of copper

How old do you think it is? It is 40 years old

Candlesticks:

How big is it? It is 28 cm long

What shape is it? It is a cylinder

What colour is it? It is silver

Is it decorated or plain? It is decorated

What material is it made of? It is Sheffield plated silver

How old do you think it is? It is 90 years old

Lantern:

How big is it? The nail is 3 inches long

What shape is it? A little bent

What colour is it? Rusty brown

Is it decorated or plain? It is plain

What material is it made of? It is made of iron

How old do you think it is? Around 40 years

Sléan: Used for cutting turf

This is a Chinese cabinet. It was made 200 years ago.It has 9 drawers.

My mam’s collection of coins:
My mam has lots of old coins at home. She showed me lots of old coins and these are some of the years and coins and when they were made. There were 2 old £1 notes, 50 p made in 1988, a one penny made in 1967, 20 p made in 1995, 1/2 a penny, A Millennium coin, A American 1/2 Dollar, £1 made in 1994 one penny made in 1994, one penny made in 1965, 1/2 a penny made in 1959, 10 made in 1900. Mam has lots more at home.

I have an old book called The Lord Of All Good life. The author is Donald Hankey. This book was published in London in 1917. The publisher is Longmans,Green and Co. It was printed in Great Britain by Richard Clay and sons. This book is about Jesus.

Mum found the book in our huge book shelf where there are many old books.
Also on the first page which is really interesting it has Beatrice.AH.Evans from.M.W.D. 26:1:1921.

This coin was made in the 1980 . It’s a half dollar. It has
John F. Kennedy ‘s head on the back. On the front it has the falcon
bird that holds a brick on it’s left. Mammy was 16 years old when
she received it from the first American student that my nanny
Killeen had in July 1988. Her name is Christine Rother. Today they
are still in contact. Dodie Christine’s mother still visits nanny Killeen.

When people had no light one time these lamps were used to give light.
A special oil was put into it and pumped up to give the light.

This is my mom’s confirmation necklace in May 1986. Arch Bishop Joseph Cunanne was her bishop. Her class was in Moore in 1986. There is a picture of a dove and a cross under neath the dove. The necklace was made from real gold. My mom got the necklace from my nanny and grandad in a shop called Cahalan jewellers. They are in the Tuam diocese.