School: St Bridget's (roll number 13854)

Location:
Doire Mhór, Co. Mhaigh Eo
Teacher:
Máire Uí hOistín
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  1. The toys the boys used to have are Tops, Catapults and Guns.
    The used to make the tops out of spools. They used to make the Catapults out of a fork of a elder they used to get two bits of rubber and a bit of leather and they used to fire stones out of it.
    Guns they used to make them out of pop guns they could fire water with them.
    The toys the girls used to have were Jack stones they used to get five round black glossy stones
    Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.
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    Language
    English
    Collector
    Tomás Ó Tónra
    Gender
    Male