School: Fermoyle, Lanesboro (roll number 13321)
- Location:
- Formoyle (Newcomen), Co. Longford
- Teacher: S. Mac Eoin
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0753, Page 237
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You are not logged in, but you are welcome to contribute a transcription anonymously. In this case, your IP address will be stored in the interest of quality control.By clicking the save button you agree that your contribution will be available under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International License and that a link to dúchas.ie is sufficient as attribution. - Children used to make home-made toys long ago. My brother James Donlon made a bullet gun out of a bit of elder rod when hollowed or bored. He got a bit of hazel stick which fitted this hole. He got a piece of wet paper rolled up tight and put in one end of the hole so as not to let out the air. He shoved the hazel stick through, keeping the air before it. When the air was tightened up it shot out the paper before it.
He made a kite once out of a thin stick bent round with strong paper sewed on it and a long cord tied to the stick.
I often made a daisy chain, put the stem of a second daisy through this hole. Did the same until the chain was made.
