School: St. Anne's (B.)

Location:
Bailieborough, Co. Cavan
Teacher:
P. Mac an t Saoir
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 1012, Page 232

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  1. The toys which I make are bows and arrows, catapults and pumpguns.
    The bow is made by getting a piece of rubber Both ends of, both the rubber and stick are tied together like this
    The arrow is just a piece of stick shaped like this
    The catapults are made with a bit of wood and rubber. The wood has to be shaped like this
    The rubber is tied to the forks of the wood like this
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    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
    Michael Clarke
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Bailieborough, Co. Cavan