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School: Doohamlet

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Doohamlat, Co. Monaghan
Teacher:
P. Mac an Bháird
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0936, Page 281

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  1. The Bourtree Gun

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    Another home manufacture toy is bootery gun. It is made out of a bootery stick, a hole is bored through the bootery stick from one end to the other.
    Then a half circle is cut out of the middle of it about three inches long, and a spring is doubled up and put in the middle of the stick where the piece is cut out.
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  2. The Buzz

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    The buzz is made out of a lid of a polish box. The ends of the box are are turned down and two little holes and put in the centre of the lid
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