School: Lios Tuathail Buachaillí

Location:
Listowel, Co. Kerry
Teacher:
Brian Mac Mathúna
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 1126, Page 429

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  1. How to have a match race. When a lot of rain has fallen put matches racing in the channel and which-ever match has reached the winning point first wins.
    You can make a whistler out of a goose's píopán.
    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)
    Languages
    Irish
    English
    Collector
    P. O' Sullivan
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Listowel, Co. Kerry
    Informant
    N. O' Connor
    Address
    Astee, Co. Kerry
  2. How to make racing cans: Get two cans and turn them up-side down and make holes in them and put cord in and out through the holes and hold the cords in your hands and put your legs on the cans and walk.
    How to make the image of a ghost out of a turnip. Cut a piece off the end of it and take out all the white stiff and cut eyes and a nose and a mouth and put a candle under it and light the candle.
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    Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.