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School: Ballyadams (roll number 894)

Location:
Ballyadams, Co. Laois
Teacher:
P. Ó Bruadair
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0836, Page 036

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    end of the board. Then I got another piece of tin and put it on the other end of the board facing the opposite side. I bored a hole in the midde of the board and nailed a piece of a stick to it. Then I drove it against the wind to make it spin.
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  2. Toys - A Gun

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    When I was young I made a gun. The first thing I did I went out to the field. I broke off a withered shoot of an "Elder Tree". It is usually very straight and has a soft substance in its centre. I then came in and got a piece of wire. With the wire I removed the soft substance that was in the centre of the stick. I then got a stick one foot and a half long when I had it cleaned out.
    The way I played with the
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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
    Sighle Nich Aodha
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Fallaghmore, Co. Laois
    Collector
    Uinsionn De Laoighseach
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Clopook, Co. Laois