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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0882, Page 099

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  3. XML “How Shoes are Made from Rushes”
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  2. Homemade Toys

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    The boys use the hollow stalk of a weed called hogweed. They stuff one end with paper to make a whistle.
    Then with a penknife they make a notch or split down the centre of the stalk when they blow through it the wind is stopped by the paper and has to escaped through the split and as it does so it makes a whistling sound. The harder it is blown the louder it seems.
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