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School: Ballyfin, Mountrath (roll number 15537)

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Ballyfin, Co. Laois
Teacher:
Seosamh Mac Giolla Fhionáin
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0833, Page 159

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  1. Bow-and-Arrows (continued)

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    following manner.
    First I get a fresh, springy stick, preferably a sally, bout eighteen inches long. I tie a piece of twine to one end of it. Then I make a little nick in the other end, with a knife. I bend the stick a little, and bring the twine round the untied end, making sure to have it in the nick. Holding the tied end against my body with one hand, I pull the twine with the other, tightening the twine, and bending the stick still more. When the twine makes an angle of about thirty degrees with the stick, I wind it round the untied end, a few times. This prevents it from slipping as I tie a knot on it.
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  2. A Belt

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    Topics
    1. activities
      1. social activities (~7)
        1. entertainments and recreational activities (~5,933)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Mary Fingleton
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Ballylusk, Co. Laois