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School: Cill Cruain (B)

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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0016, Page 423

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    In this parish long ago several toys were made by the people to amuse themselves. They made toys out of spools and pointed them and they were able to make them spin. They made toys out of oak and they used to whip them with a string. They had water-guns and they were able to fire water out of them about ten yards. They were able to suck up water and hold it for a day. They were made out of fuarans with cotton and a stick.
    They had a pop-gun made out of a piece of a rod and it burned in the centre. In it there was a string and it was able to fire a nail or a stone about twenty yards. They were able to fire very correct with them. They were able to make make little wooden out of three bits of timber. Two of them his
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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
    Thomas Egan
    Gender
    Male
    Informant
    Martin Egan
    Gender
    Male
    Age
    48
    Occupation
    Farmer
    Address
    Ballyglass South, Co. Galway