School: Kilmurry

Location:
Kilmurry, Co. Offaly
Teacher:
A. de Búrca
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0803, Page 223

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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0803, Page 223

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  1. XML School: Kilmurry
  2. XML Page 223
  3. XML “Local Toys”
  4. XML “Local Toys - Popgun”
  5. XML “Local Toys - Dancing Master”
  6. XML “Local Toys - A Crib”
  7. XML “Local Toys - Blow-Gun”

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  1. Pop gun: To make a pop gun, a piece of elder stick is first got. The inside of the elder is hollowed out and when that is done a piece of paper is put into it and it is driven through the hole with a ram-rod. It lets a shot like a shot gun.
    Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.
    Topics
    1. activities
      1. social activities (~7)
        1. entertainments and recreational activities (~5,933)
          1. toys (~1,598)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Thomas Dunne
    Gender
    Male
    Age
    13
    Address
    Ballyteige Little, Co. Offaly
    Informant
    Richard Dunne
    Relation
    Parent
    Gender
    Male
    Age
    73
    Address
    Ballyteige Little, Co. Offaly
  2. Dancing Master.
    When you are making a dancing master you get a piece of wood and make the arms, legs and body, and put a piece of string out through its body and when you pull the string the doll will dance.
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  3. a crib: to make a crib get a lot of sally rods, and cut them two foot long. Put two thick ones on the bottom. Then put two more on the other side. According as it is going up the sticks get smaller.
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  4. Blow Gun: a blow gun is a very easy toy to make. A person gets a weed about nine inches long called the 'kick'. This weed is hollow in the middle and of a round shape and it is generally to be found
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