School: Castlepollard (B.) (roll number 5513)
- Location:
- Castlepollard, Co. Westmeath
- Teacher: William Coghlan
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0720, Page 207
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- Home made toys.
There are not many home made toys in this district. Sometimes old men made toys for boys who did them a good turn.
A snare is the only toy I am able to make. I never made a snare for a rabbit but often for a pike. A snare is made from thin wire named snare wire. I usually put four wires in every snare, and I make it in this way. I get a piece of wire about four feet long and double it. Then I put it round a pencil and keep twisting it till it is twisted enough. I take it off the pencil and the round hole is called the 'eye'. I put the other end through the eye and the snare is made.If it is for a pike I put it on the top of a rod; if for a rabbit you put it tightly on a stake & drive the stake into the ground.Boys often make whistles from chestnuts in this way. the chestnuts are first taken from their case. Then a hole is made in it and the middle taken out of(continues on next page)
- Collector
- Joseph Kelly
- Gender
- Male
- Address
- Castlepollard, Co. Westmeath
