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School: Glenmaquin (roll number 9748)

Location:
Glenmaquin, Co. Donegal
Teacher:
Eilís Bean Uí Leathain
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 1102, Page 87

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  1. Local Homemade Toys - A Plug Gun

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    This is how to make a plug gun. First you get a piece of a Country stick and make a hole in it with a hot iron. Then you get a thinner stick which is used as a ramrod and you plug the hole with paper. Then you put down the thin stick through the hole and push out the paper. It lets a big shot. I made a plug gun often.
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  2. Local Homemade Toys

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    I often saw some home made toys. Here are some of them: A spinning top and a bow and arrow and a plug gun. Here is the way you make a spinning top. First you get a finished spool and you cut it in two and you can make a spinning top out of either sides. There is a hole through it in all and you put a piece of a pointed stick through the hole and then the top is made.
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    Topics
    1. activities
      1. social activities (~7)
        1. entertainments and recreational activities (~5,933)
          1. toys (~1,598)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Alex Parke
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Knockbrack, Co. Donegal