School: Doirín an Lomáin (roll number 14235)
- Location:
- Derreennalomane, Co. Cork
- Teacher: Seán de Barra
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- Long ago boys used to make pop guns out of elder branches. They used to cut a piece of elder about eight inches long and take out the soft portion of the elder. The inside of the barrel was then about a half-inch in diameter. They used to cut a rod the length of the barrel of the gun and pare it until it would fit into the barrel of the gun, and leave a head on it about an inch long. They used to roll up a piece of paper and make it very hard and press it into the barrel of the gun with the rod. They would blow some wind into the barrel and put in a second bullet. The first bullet would be very near the mouth of the barrel and the other about an inch and a half from the back of the barrel. They would then strike the head of the rod with their hand and it would fire the bullet about five or six yards and make a loud sound.
- Collector
- Cornelius Barry
- Gender
- Male
- Address
- Rathruane Beg, Co. Cork
- Informant
- Patrick Barry
- Relation
- Parent
- Gender
- Male
- Age
- 55
- Address
- Rathruane Beg, Co. Cork
