School: Kilmaine (B.)
- Location:
- Kilmaine, Co. Mayo
- Teacher: Seán Mac Iagó
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- We make many toys at home for example I made a top. I got an empty spool and I pared one end of it. Next I got a piece of thin straight stick. I cut off a piece of it with a pocket-knife.
I next made a whip which I from a piece of stick and a bit of cord. I fastened the cord to one end of the stick. I also made a kite. I got a piece of paper and made it into the shape of a fish. Then I tied a piece of string to the top of the paper, then I flung it into the air.
I made a pop gun also. I got a piece of stick from an older tree. I pushed out the soft substance with a knitting pin. Then I got a piece of thin stick and fastened a piece of cloth to the top of it. Next I put a hole in a cork and pushed it into the stick.
Another favourite toy of mine is a catapult. I got the inner tube of a motor car. I cult two strips elastic from it. I then got a gabhlóg and pared it with a pocket knife. I put in the two ends of the elastic into the gabhlóg. I fastened the elastic on with a cord. I then(continues on next page)
- Collector
- Malachy Grehan
- Gender
- Male
- Address
- Ballymartin, Co. Mayo
