{"version":"1.0","provider_name":"Digital Childhoods","provider_url":"https:\/\/shcydigitalchildhoods.org\/dir","author_name":"Layla Koch","author_url":"https:\/\/shcydigitalchildhoods.org\/dir\/author\/lmkoch\/","title":"Homemade Toys in Twentieth-Century Ireland - Digital Childhoods","type":"rich","width":600,"height":338,"html":"<blockquote class=\"wp-embedded-content\" data-secret=\"EVovqE0xlL\"><a href=\"https:\/\/shcydigitalchildhoods.org\/dir\/homemade-toys-in-ireland\/\">Homemade Toys in Twentieth-Century Ireland<\/a><\/blockquote><iframe sandbox=\"allow-scripts\" security=\"restricted\" src=\"https:\/\/shcydigitalchildhoods.org\/dir\/homemade-toys-in-ireland\/embed\/#?secret=EVovqE0xlL\" width=\"600\" height=\"338\" title=\"&#8220;Homemade Toys in Twentieth-Century Ireland&#8221; &#8212; Digital Childhoods\" data-secret=\"EVovqE0xlL\" frameborder=\"0\" marginwidth=\"0\" marginheight=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" class=\"wp-embedded-content\"><\/iframe><script>\n\/*! This file is auto-generated *\/\n!function(d,l){\"use strict\";l.querySelector&&d.addEventListener&&\"undefined\"!=typeof URL&&(d.wp=d.wp||{},d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage||(d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage=function(e){var t=e.data;if((t||t.secret||t.message||t.value)&&!\/[^a-zA-Z0-9]\/.test(t.secret)){for(var s,r,n,a=l.querySelectorAll('iframe[data-secret=\"'+t.secret+'\"]'),o=l.querySelectorAll('blockquote[data-secret=\"'+t.secret+'\"]'),c=new RegExp(\"^https?:$\",\"i\"),i=0;i<o.length;i++)o[i].style.display=\"none\";for(i=0;i<a.length;i++)s=a[i],e.source===s.contentWindow&&(s.removeAttribute(\"style\"),\"height\"===t.message?(1e3<(r=parseInt(t.value,10))?r=1e3:~~r<200&&(r=200),s.height=r):\"link\"===t.message&&(r=new URL(s.getAttribute(\"src\")),n=new URL(t.value),c.test(n.protocol))&&n.host===r.host&&l.activeElement===s&&(d.top.location.href=t.value))}},d.addEventListener(\"message\",d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage,!1),l.addEventListener(\"DOMContentLoaded\",function(){for(var e,t,s=l.querySelectorAll(\"iframe.wp-embedded-content\"),r=0;r<s.length;r++)(t=(e=s[r]).getAttribute(\"data-secret\"))||(t=Math.random().toString(36).substring(2,12),e.src+=\"#?secret=\"+t,e.setAttribute(\"data-secret\",t)),e.contentWindow.postMessage({message:\"ready\",secret:t},\"*\")},!1)))}(window,document);\n\/\/# sourceURL=https:\/\/shcydigitalchildhoods.org\/dir\/wp-includes\/js\/wp-embed.min.js\n<\/script>\n","thumbnail_url":"https:\/\/shcydigitalchildhoods.org\/dir\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/Image-4.jpg","thumbnail_width":1424,"thumbnail_height":830,"description":"Throughout twentieth-century Ireland, social, political, and commercial concerns shaped public discourses about children\u2019s play. Parents were scrutinised for their ability to provide children with the right kinds of games and recreational activities. However, buying games, toys and sports equipment was, of course, only a possibility for those who were in a financial position to do so &#8211; the parents of the middle and upper echelons of society. Instead, most children of the poorer classes participated in informal games and played with homemade toys, which they sometimes crafted themselves. The Schools\u2019 Folklore Collection, a collection of folklore compiled by schoolchildren in"}