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School: Cill Cruim / Killocrim (roll number 17072)

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Killacrim, Co. Kerry
Teacher:
Micheál Óg Ó Catháin
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0407D, Page 18_037

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    1. A toy gun is made of an elder branch that is hollow in the middle. A piece of a motor tube is placed in the double over one end and tied with a piece of weak wire near the other end. A straight piece of a stick is pulled through the elder until it meets the rubber, then the rubber and the stick are held in one hand and the elder in the other. Then the rubber is strained and and when it is left go it strikes the stick. It will go straight through the elder.
    A spinning top is made out of a tread spool by making one end in a point and pluging that end with a piece of steel.
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    Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.
    History Edit
    Topics
    1. activities
      1. social activities (~7)
        1. entertainments and recreational activities (~5,933)
          1. toys (~1,598)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Eamonn Bairéad
    Gender
    Male
    Informant
    Thomas Buckley
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Finuge, Co. Kerry