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School: Baile Dháithí, Dunlavin

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Davidstown, Co. Wicklow
Teacher:
Róisín Bhreathnach
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0915, Page 160

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    When i have nothing to do, when I am at home I make play-toys.
    The way I make a "pop gun". I get a thick lump of a stick and get a red hot iron and bore a hole through the stick. I get a thin piece of a stick then, and stuff a piece of wet paper in the hole and shove the thin stick quickly and the paper flies out.
    The "jenny-spinner" is like a top. It get a spool and a good sharp knife. Pare both sides till you come to the middle. Then break off. Get a thin piece of a stick and put it down in the hole of the spool and point the top of the stick sharply. Then catch the stick in your fingers and spin round.
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    History Edit
    Topics
    1. activities
      1. social activities (~7)
        1. entertainments and recreational activities (~5,933)
          1. toys (~1,598)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Tony Rogers
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Donard, Co. Wicklow