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School: Carnamoyle (roll number 7344)

Location:
Carnamoyle, Co. Donegal
Teacher:
Hugh McKee Fleck
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 1114, Page 23

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    I got a thread spool and cut it in two halves and I sharpened one end of one half, and drove a stick through the hole of the spool and make it spin. It is called a spinning jenny. I got a piece of burtree and I drilled a hole through it, and got a piece of a stick for a ramrod, that is called a burtree gun. It is for shooting pieces of paper, I got two pieces of paper and put one in at each end, and pushed in the ramrod, and one of the plugs of paper flew out. I got two pieces of cord and I tied a bit of leather between the two pieces of cord.
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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
    Patrick Redden
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Carnamoyle, Co. Donegal