School: Ballyadams (roll number 894)
- Location:
- Baile Adaim, Co. Laoise
- Teacher: P. Ó Bruadair
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- (continued from previous page)gun was by getting haws. The haws were growing on a bush called a white thorn. I put the berry or haw in the hole in the centre of the gun. I then pushed the stick forward quickly with my hand and the haw came out of the gun.
- When I was young I often made a peashooter out of Fowrawn. The Fowrawn is a plant that grows in the ditches in fields. It grows very tall and when it withers in winter a long hollow grey coloured stem remained. The stem has crevasses on it running from top to bottom. I cut off a piece of the stem of the Fowrawn about a foot long.
The way I played with it was by putting some sort of berries or a sort of small stones in the centre of the(continues on next page) - Collector
- Sighle Nic Aodha
- Gender
- Female
- Address
- An Fhorrach Mhór, Co. Laoise
- Collector
- Uinsionn De Laoighseach
- Gender
- Male
- Address
- Cloch an Phúca, Co. Laoise
