School: St Egney's (C.), Buncrana
- Location:
- Buncrana, Co. Donegal
- Teacher: Ellen Daly
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 1112, Page 381
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- Toys - A Catapult
5-38 A Catapult is one of the toys which is made by the boys. It is made from a stick and thich rubber. This stick must be the shape of a v with a long handle on the bottom of it like Y. On the top of this v a peice of thick rubber is nailed on joining the tops like Y. When you want to fire from this you place a stick in it like this Y, you pull back this thick runner with great force and then the stick springs. When you are using this you put the long end next to yourself.
- Collector
- Sally Mulholland
- Gender
- Female
- Address
- Linsfort, Co. Donegal
- Informant
- Patrick Mulholland
- Gender
- Male
- Age
- 50
- Address
- Linsfort, Co. Donegal
