School: Carrickgorman
- Location:
- Carrickgorman, Co. Cavan
- Teacher: M. Fleming
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- The boys in olden times made bows and arrows from sally sticks which they shot birds with.
They made pipes out of horse-chestnuts and a piece of a stick, which they made a hole in to form the shank.
They made tops from spools, they cut one end of the spool and ran a pointed stick through it.
They made guns from branches of elderberry trees but they could not fire a shot out of them.
- Collector
- Arthur Mc Neill
- Gender
- Male
- Address
- Corradooa, Co. Cavan
- Informant
- Mr Joe Mc Neill
- Gender
- Male
- Age
- 55
- Address
- Corradooa, Co. Cavan
- Tuesdays and Fridays are generally believed to be lucky days on which to commence all kinds of farm work, especially the first work of the season, as poulghing in(continues on next page)
