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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 283

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    loosening the skin and cutting a piece out of the skin so that you could blow in under it and then the whistle is made.
    A catapult can be made by getting a stick in the shape of a fork and getting two pieces of rubber about a foot long. Tie each piece of rubber onto the top of each fork. Then get a piece of a tongue of a boot and out a hole in each end of it. Put each end of the rubber through each hole and tie it. Put a stone into the leather and stretch the rubber and when you let go, the stone goes off.
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    Topics
    1. activities
      1. social activities (~7)
        1. entertainments and recreational activities (~5,933)
          1. toys (~1,598)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Dominick Hearn
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Ballykelly, Co. Wexford