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School: Ballyadams (roll number 894)

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Ballyadams, Co. Laois
Teacher:
P. Ó Bruadair
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0836, Page 037

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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0836, Page 037

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  2. Toys - A Fowran Pea Shooter

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    When I was young I often made a peashooter out of Fowrawn. The Fowrawn is a plant that grows in the ditches in fields. It grows very tall and when it withers in winter a long hollow grey coloured stem remained. The stem has crevasses on it running from top to bottom. I cut off a piece of the stem of the Fowrawn about a foot long.
    The way I played with it was by putting some sort of berries or a sort of small stones in the centre of the
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