School: Ballyhahill (B.), Glin (roll number 10685)

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1. Games I Play (continued)

   

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   others peg at it, but if one fails to hit the top he will have to put down his top and so on like that until one top goes into the ring. Then the boys will drive this top down in the fence and hit it with their tops and try to break it. If it happens during the game that the spear of the top is turned upwards a boy can catch the spear of it while he has his own top spinning on his hand and lay it in the ring.
   Water guns is another game which I play. The water guns are made out of lilies. First of all you get a lily and tie it with a cord and blow into it and it will open out. Then get a piece of cloth and tie it to the lily. When that is done get an elder stick and put it into the lily. Then get water and pull the elder stick and the water will come into the cloth. Then squeeze it and the water will go out of it.
   The catapults are made in the winder. The first thing we do is to pick a fork from a tree and get a piece of rubber cut into two equal parts. Then tie the two pieces of rubber to the fork and get a piece of leather and tie it to the other ends of the rubber. Then a stone is put in the leather and the rubber is pulled. The leather is then let go and the stone flies off rapidly.

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   1. gníomhaíochtaí
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   English

   Collector

   John Stack

   Gender

   Male

   Address

   Motharnach, Co. Luimnigh

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   Michael Naughton

   Gender

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   Address

   Fionnú, Co. Luimnigh