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School: Ballykelly

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Ballykelly, Co. Wexford
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Pádraig Mac Uadain
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0873, Page 278

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  2. Homemade Toys

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    A pop-gun can be made from an elder stick. It could be made any time of the year. To make the gun get a thin piece of ash for a ram-rod. Then clean out the elder stick and put a cork in the top of the stick and put the ram-rod up in stick and give the ram-rod a dart. The cork flies out and lets a shot.
    A doll can be made by gettiing a piece of timber and making it round. Then get a pencil a pencil her eyes and nose. Then get another block for her body and two wooden legs and glue them together.
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