School: Áth Treasna (B.) (roll number 11236)
- Location:
- Newmarket, Co. Cork
- Teacher: Seán Ó Dálaigh
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- A swing is a home made toy, it is made by putting a rope on to one branch and the other rope tied to another branch then get a bag and put it on the rope, then the swing is made.
When we want a football. When a pig would be killed, to get the bladder and fill it with air. There is also another way of making a football. We get a pocket of an old garment then stuff it with hay and sew it up.
I often made a hurley also. I would make it out of a furze stick which is also called a "furze root". I used to shape it out in the shape of a hurley with a hatchet and I would finish it off with a knife.
I made a ball of corks and thread, This ball is called a slitter. First of all I got four corks and I wound thread around the four corks, until I had it a large size. Then I(continues on next page)
- Collector
- Jim Sullivan
- Gender
- Male
- Address
- Newmarket, Co. Cork
