School: Earl Darnley (roll number 13573)
- Location:
- Athboy, Co. Meath
- Teacher: Siubhán Ní Loichéid
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- (continued from previous page)you get an elder stick and bore out the centre then you get a cork and put it on the end. Then you get another cork and drive it in the other end with a thin stick. The makes the pop gun.
To make a doll you get some saw dust and sew it in a cloth. Then (together) for the head you make a small ball of the saw-dust and the same for arms and legs, for the eyes you sew in two beads and paint a mouth and nose with chalk. - A Catapult is a very dangerous thing. This is how it is made. First get two strips of rubber the same length, then (you) get a small fork of a tree and tie a strip of rubber to each end of the fork, then tie a piece of leather(continues on next page)