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School: Threemilehouse (roll number 342)

Location:
Three Mile House, Co. Monaghan
Teacher:
I. Mc Eneaney
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0953, Page 307

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  1. Homemade Toys

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    A person could make a toy man from blue-clay. This clay was got five feet from the top of the Earth. When it is formed the model was left out in the sun until it was dry and hard. When hard it was whitened with white wash.
    A person could get a piece of loutry stick about two inches in circumference and cut a long hole in it with a penknife and put a piece of spring wire in it. This made a gun with which they could shoot matches.
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    Topics
    1. activities
      1. social activities (~7)
        1. entertainments and recreational activities (~5,933)
          1. toys (~1,598)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Gerard Mc Greevy
    Gender
    Male

  2. Homemade Toys

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    To make a bow and arrow get a stick five yards long and bend it. Get half a yard of eleastic. Tie each end of the elastic to each end of the bent stick. Get a straight stick for an arrow.
    With a piece of a bicycle tube or a piece of soft leather make a sling. Cut two holes, one in each
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