School: Stoneyford, Thomastown (roll number 3029)
- Location:
- Stonyford, Co. Kilkenny
- Teacher: Finghín Mac Íobhair
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Home made Toys
Toys can be made in many different ways. Pop guns can be made from sticks. I often made one of them. I would get a piece of a round thick stick and I would bore a hole through the middle of it. After that I would get a thin stick and shave it off to fit the hole in the other stick. I would get two small corks to fit each end of the stick. I would put the corks in the big stick, one in each end. I would get the small stick and put it in the big stick. I would push the thin stick and it would let a shot. I also know how to make snares for catching rabbits. How I would make it is I would get snaring wire and a pot lid. I would get a crook and put the snaring wire round the crook and the pot lid and spin the pot lid around.
Told by
Michael Morrissey (58)
Norelands
Stoneyford
Co KilkennyJohn Morrissey
Norelands
Stoneyford
Co. Kilkenny
- Collector
- John Morrissey
- Gender
- Male
- Address
- Norelands House, Co. Kilkenny
- Informant
- Michael Morrissey
- Gender
- Male
- Age
- 58
- Address
- Norelands House, Co. Kilkenny
