School: Tattenclave
- Location:
- Tattintlieve, Co. Monaghan
- Teacher: Bríd Ní Chróinín
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0948, Page 196
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- (continued from previous page)to it. Then they put a loop on the end of the cord. Then they stuck the stick in the ground.
- Toy-guns were made out of bootery (alder) by children at school. A piece of paper or tow or flax was rolled up and put into the gun. Then it was hit with a ramrod.
The toy tops were made by children out of wood or out of spools. Some slings are made out of a stick by splitting it in the middle and putting a stone in it. Others are made out of strings and a piece of leather.
Snares are made by putting(continues on next page) - Collector
- James Ward
- Gender
- Male
- Age
- 11
- Address
- Calliagh, Co. Monaghan
- Informant
- Hughie Mc Glone
- Gender
- Male
- Address
- Aghaclay, Co. Monaghan
