School: Stoneyford, Thomastown (roll number 3029)
- Location:
- Stonyford, Co. Kilkenny
- Teacher: Finghín Mac Íobhair
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0849, Page 039
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- I heard of a great number of home made toys. My father told me about them. One of them was a whistle. It was made out of a branch of elder. The stick was got and the inside was taken out and the skin was left. A hole was made in the skin and a piece of timber was put in the skin. I made a great number of snares for catching rabbits. How I made them was I got six strands of snaring wire and twisted them and I put a loop on the top of the wire. My father made a spinning top for me. He got a piece of wood and made it round. He put a spear in it.
- Collector
- Edward Lalor
- Gender
- Male
- Address
- Floodhall or Rathtooterny, Co. Kilkenny
- Informant
- James Lalor
- Gender
- Male
- Address
- Floodhall or Rathtooterny, Co. Kilkenny
