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School: Scoil na mBráthar, Dúrlas Éile

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Thurles, Co. Tipperary
Teacher:
Br. T. S. Ó Maoilchiaráin
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0552, Page 127

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    In the olden times when the people had no toys they used to make them themselves.
    A toy gun
    The people used to get a bamboo stick about six or eight inches long and a piece of elder the same length as the bamboo, then they used to block one end of the bamboo with a piece of paper and fill the whole with air and block that end with another piece of paper, and then press the elder stick against the second paper and force the opsit paper out and that will let
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    History Edit
    Topics
    1. activities
      1. social activities (~7)
        1. entertainments and recreational activities (~5,933)
          1. toys (~1,598)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Philip Kinane
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Rossmore, Co. Tipperary