School: Gleann Bruacháin (C.), Cnoc Luinge (roll number 12614)
- Location:
- Glenbrohane, Co. Limerick
- Teacher: Bríd, Bean Uí Sheighin
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- (continued from previous page)Another toy made long ago but not so much in use now since Clay pipes became common was a pipe for blowing & making soap bubbles. A piece of timber was got & holed with a piece of iron reddened in the fire, one hole on top & the other at the side near the bottom.[Drawing] - Soap Bubble pipeInto G. was put a piece of snowdrop middle of which was scooped out, & a tiny hole was made through[Drawing]This hole allowed wind to go through. A sauce was next got, and a drop of water put into it & a piece of soap stirred in it to make a small lather. When the pipe was made the head was dipped into this lather & upon blowing through the stem, a soap bubble formed. This was cast off by head of the pipe by shaking the pipe & then you could follow it around & blow it from place to place. If you blew too strongly you'd burst it.
Boys make snares by getting wire & a piece of stick. They make a loop in the wire & at the other end they attach the stick, which is to keep snare in the ground. This is set at mouth of rabbit burrow & when the rabbit comes out he steps into it & is held fast. Often he pulls & pulls & pulls up snare & gets away with it on his head but he is sure to caught very soon after for the snare will be a trap for him[Drawing] - Snare
