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School: Rooskey (roll number 4800)

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Roosky, Co. Roscommon
Teacher:
Luke Caslin
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0257, Page 109

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    Homemade Toys
    This is the way I make sling. I cut the tongue out of a shoe or a boot. Then I bore a little hole at the two ends of the tongue and I put a long twine into one of the holes, and put a short twine into the other hole. Then it is made. This is the way I make a whistle. I cut a bit of stick off a Boer tree, and clean the inside out of it.
    Then I bore a hole in the stick to blow into, and I put a slit on the end of it. This is the way I make a top.
    First I get a spool and cut it into two parts. I get a small stick and put it down the hole of one part. It is made then.
    This is the way I make a catapult. I get a forked stick and tie two strips of rubber on the forked stick.
    Then I get a tongue of a boot or a shoe and tie it to the rubber. Then it is made. This is another
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    History Edit
    Topics
    1. activities
      1. social activities (~7)
        1. entertainments and recreational activities (~5,933)
          1. toys (~1,598)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Thomas Caslin
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Roosky, Co. Roscommon