School: Dernakesh (B)
- Location:
- Dernakesh, Co. Cavan
- Teacher: T. Ó Comhraidhe
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- When I was about nine years old I made a plug gun. The name of the wood I made it out of was burtery. I cut out a piece of woods about six inches long and bore a hole through it with a red iron. There is an other stick about five and a half inches for cruching out the paper for it as paper I use for amunition.
The way I use the paper is I close one side of it with a ball of paper and then the other side I crush it then with the stick five and a half and one ball shoots out and goes four yards.
When I am out of marbles I make five or six out of lime and cement and when it is hard I make the marble. The marbles last for a while but they do not last as long as bought marbles.
When Michael Jackson was a boy he made a string out of two pieces of cord and a bit of leather. Each cord was two feet long(continues on next page) - Collector
- Patrick Mc Cabe
- Gender
- Male
- Address
- Dernakesh, Co. Cavan
- Informant
- Michael Jackson
- Gender
- Male
- Address
- Dernakesh, Co. Cavan
