School: Summerville (roll number 622)
- Location:
- Summerville, Co. Waterford
- Teacher: John Burke
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- XML “Homemade Toys and Articles”
- XML “A Diúchán”
- XML “A Pop Gun”
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- (continued from previous page)top. The skin which is like this: (drawing) is put back on the stick with the hole over the notch in the stick. Then the whistler is made. It will look like this: (drawing)
- A diúchán can be made out of a straw. A bit of straw is got and cut at two joints. One joint is cut off and at the other cut is made below the head to form a tongue. Also a strip of skin is sometimes slipped into the barrel and held on the outside by the fingers when blowing it. Three holes are put below the tongue to play it.
- Collector
- Kitty Quann
- Gender
- Female
- Address
- Ballyshoneen, Co. Waterford
- Informant
- Patrick Quann
- Relation
- Parent
- Gender
- Male
- Age
- 70
- Address
- Ballyshoneen, Co. Waterford
- A pop gun can be made from an elder stick. A round bit of a stick is got and a hole is made by scooping out the pith(continues on next page)