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School: Ballykelly

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Ballykelly, Co. Wexford
Teacher:
Pádraig Mac Uadain
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0873, Page 282

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    it up straight higher than the aeroplane and then again I bent it back over the aeroplane. Then I made a propeller and I put it on the end of the iron bar.
    One windy day I put the aeroplane down on the ground, with its tail turned towards the wind and the wind forced the propeller to go around and the aeroplane went along.
    Get a spool and fill the hole in it with timber.
    Make a point on one end of the spool. Put a nail with a round head in the point of the spool and then you have a spinning top.
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    A whistle can be made from an ash stick. It can be made in summer when the sap is up in the young trees. It is made by
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