School: Bigwood, Mullinavat (roll number 2961)
- Location:
- Ráth na Smólach, Co. Chill Chainnigh
- Teacher: Tomás Ó Briain
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0845, Page 443
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- A Porkun - is made from alder. Get a piece of alder without a "knot" and bore a hole through it from end to end Then get two small corks and a stick about one inch longer that the alder. Put a cork in both ends of the hole, and force one against the other by the means of the stick which is called a ram rod.A reed - Get a straw three or four inches long with a "knot" on one end of it. Cut a slit about one inch long to the "knot" so that the slit will rise when blown through it. If is does it will make a queer noiseA Buzzer - Get a piece of timber four inches long and bore two holes in the(continues on next page)
- Collector
- Patrick Byrne
- Gender
- Male
- Address
- Baile an Chraobhaigh, Co. Chill Chainnigh
- Informant
- Patrick Byrne
- Gender
- Male
- Address
- Baile an Chraobhaigh, Co. Chill Chainnigh
