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School: Baile Mhodáin (roll number 12011)

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Bandon, Co. Cork
Teacher:
Tomás Groves
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0314, Page 224

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    Most children make a great many toys. I often made a sling out of rubber and a stick tied together.
    Many boys often make a shotgun. It is is made of an old carbine box. Make a hole in the box and place it flat on the floor. After this light a match and put it against the hole of the box. Then the cover will burst out and will make a big shot.
    Other boys make a whistle of two cartridges. Put on into the other. Then put a hole in the cartridges and you will have a good whistle.
    I often made a ball out of horse's hair. Boys always on a frosty night fill a bottle of water and put the cork in it. If the cork would not fly out, the bottle would be burst in the morning.
    Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.
    History Edit
    Topics
    1. activities
      1. social activities (~7)
        1. entertainments and recreational activities (~5,933)
          1. toys (~1,598)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Tom Stanley
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Knockbrown, Co. Cork