School: Corrdún
- Location:
- Cartron, Co. Mayo
- Teacher: Pádhraic Ó Casaide
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0116, Page 113
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- The boys make snares for catching fish and for catching rabbits and hares. They make snares from hair from a horses tail and a rod. They make tops from tread spools and cradlebirds for catching birds. They girls makes dolls and daisy chains. They make dolls from cloth and wool and then they dress them and make a cradle for them. Boys makes catapults slings pop guns and toy carts. They make the pop gun from a piece of elder tree with a hollow in the (in the) middle. When making a catapult they get two pieces of rods and put them standing up with the tops of them together and put a bit of string around the rods and when they pull the string the stone will go. When they are making a cart they get a box and put wheels on it with a thread spool and put shafts on it and pull it with a string. When(continues on next page)
