School: Glenmaquin (roll number 9748)
- Location:
- Glenmaquin, Co. Donegal
- Teacher: Eilís Bean Uí Leathain
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- This is the name of some home made toys: The plug gun and the bow and arrown and the swize and the yoo-yoo and the tops and the sword.The swize is made from a tin lid. The lid has to be nicked round and two holes put in it. Then a cord is put through the holes and tied. Then the toys is made. When you pull the cord the swize runs round and makes a noise like a bee.I often made a swize
- Collector
- Joe Mc Kinney
- Gender
- Male
- Address
- Knockbrack, Co. Donegal