School: Carrickaslane (roll number 365)
- Location:
- Carrickaslane, Co. Monaghan
- Teacher: Mary Greer
Archival Reference
The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0943, Page 237
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“To make a wooden spear take a piece of wood and pare a point on it...”
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To make a wooden spear take a piece of wood and pare a point on it and nail another piece across it
To make a plug gun out of a Curtey branch, take a piece of Curtey and take the inside out of it. Then put a piece of a Cork in it take another piece of stick and push it in with force and knock out the cork.{drawing of a totem}
To make a Totem take a spool and cut it in two and put a stick through it.
A Pig's bladder blown up would make a balloon.
- Collector
- Noel Greer
- Gender
- Male
- Age
- 10
- Occupation
- Farmer
- Address
- Drumleek North, Co. Monaghan
- Informant
- Livingston Greer
- Gender
- Male
- Age
- 70
- Address
- Killycracken, Co. Monaghan