School: Sráid na Cille, Cathair Dhún Iascaigh (roll number 15184)

Location:
Caher, Co. Tipperary
Teacher:
Déoirín Ní Ragháil
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0570, Page 172

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  1. Nearly every boys and girl find amusement in home made toys. Girls sometimes string flowers or make dolls.
    Last year I made some tops guns and cradle birds
    The way I make tops is I get a spool and put a nail down through it and then test to see if it is good. Catapults are used a lot for killing birds first I get a stick and make a g abhaitóg. Then when I have that done I get two strips of rubber about ten ins long and tie it with twins to the gabhailóg and put a piece of leather to the other ends and put the stone in the leather and let it off and the stone will fly off
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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
    Michael Fox
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Loughlohery, Co. Tipperary