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 181
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- The way you can make an elder gun is to get an elder stick about two inches thick with a crook for a handle at the end. Then hollow the barrel with a red hot poker. Then cut a square hole on the top as shown in the picture. Then get a piece of strong spring about four inches and stick about one and a half inches down the handle Then pull the spring back and have a little notch in the hole for it to catch in. put a match or stch down the barrel and pull one end of the spring. The front of the spring drill shoot the match out.
[drawing of the gun]
