School: Lios Tuathail Buachaillí
- Location:
- Listowel, Co. Kerry
- Teacher: Brian Mac Mathúna
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- (continued from previous page)day or two, then get a piece of a string and attach the string to the kite.
Whistlers are also made from a blade of fancy grass. People used to put it between there thumbs and blow it and it sounds like "cock-a-doodle-doo."
Children used to be making chains out of rushes and necklaces from daisies by making a hole in the daisies and by slipping them through one after another.
- My brother often saw Mr. Fitzgerald play a tune with two bones. Mr. Fitzgerald said that two beef bones were the best to play with. He puts his middle finger between the bones and he can play any tune(continues on next page)
- Collector
- T. Moore
- Gender
- Male
- Address
- Listowel, Co. Kerry
- Informant
- W. Moore
- Age
- 15
- Address
- Listowel, Co. Kerry
