School: St Egney's (C.), Buncrana

Location:
Buncrana, Co. Donegal
Teacher:
Ellen Daly
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 1112, Page 366

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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 1112, Page 366

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  1. XML School: St Egney's (C.), Buncrana
  2. XML Page 366
  3. XML “Toy Lamps”
  4. XML “Kites”

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    1. activities
      1. social activities (~7)
        1. entertainments and recreational activities (~5,933)
          1. toys (~1,598)
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  2. Kites - contd
    to the bar in the middle and then they let it go, but they kept pulling at it as it went up. Every pull it got it rose higher and higher and the tail kept it flying. When they wanted to take the kite down they rolled the twine they held in their hands in a ball again and so preserved the kite for another day's fun.
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