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School: Baile Dubh (2), (B.)

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Ballyduff, Co. Waterford
Teacher:
Seán Ó Murchadha
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0634, Page 375

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    The way to make a snake is. - Firstly you must go to the shopkeeper and but some snare wire. Then you will cut six wires and have them about one foot and a half long. Put them together and twist them. Then you must tie a twine to the wire and the snare is made.
    Girls find it great fun to make a daisy chain. The way it is done is:- You would gather a certain amount of daises. Then you would put a hole in one and slip another one through it and so on until you will have them all used.
    The way they used to make whistles long ago was:- Get the skin of a horse chestnut tree and put a split on it like whistles nowadays. Then get a small bit of a stick and slip it into it and the whistle is made. To make a pop gun a branch of
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    Topics
    1. activities
      1. social activities (~7)
        1. entertainments and recreational activities (~5,933)
          1. toys (~1,598)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Master Laurence Farrell
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Marshtown, Co. Cork
    Informant
    Mr Michael Farrell
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Marshtown, Co. Cork