School: Ínse Cloch (roll number 7101)

Location:
Inchiclogh, Co. Cork
Teacher:
Diarmuid Ó Críodáin
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0284, Page 051

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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0284, Page 051

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    making whips. First they get three long rushes and having them woven together like a whip they tie each end with a cord to prevent it from ripping. Boys also make guns from elder sticks. They cut a piece of elder about a foot in length and they take the centre out of it. Then they get another stick longer than the other, but it must go through it freely. They get a piece of paper and make it into hard lumps, and they use them as bullets.
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  2. Boys also make whistles out of horse-chestnut by making a tiny hole in the nut and taking the inner substance out of it. Very often people got a swede and they take out the interior, and the skin remains. Then they put a lighted candle into it and a beautiful reddish glow would come from the swede.
    Girls string daisies together and form a
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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
    John Harrington
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Skahanagh, Co. Cork
    Informant
    Mr J. Scully
    Gender
    Male
    Age
    72
    Address
    Skahanagh, Co. Cork