School: Clonrye
- Location:
- Clonrye, Co. Monaghan
- Teacher: S. Ó Mearáin
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0947, Page 347
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- Many toys are made at home and these toys give great pleasure to boys and girls. Some of the home made toys are Catter, pullit, Totum, Skittles, Yo Yo, Plug gun, and a Cliabain.In order to make a Catterpullit a forked stick is got and it is pared. Then a tongue out of an old boot is got and a hole is made on each end of it. Two strips of rubber are got about nine or ten inches long and they are put into the holes and tied. The strips of rubber are then tied with a string to the forked stick. When using it you hold the forked stick in your left hand and you put a small stone into the leather. Then you pull the rubber with your right hand and the farther you pull the rubber the farther the stone goes.Totums are made out of spools. The spool is first cut into halves and one half is pared to a point. A piece of a stick is got and put through the hole of the spool. Then a pin is(continues on next page)
