School: Mín Bán (roll number 15394)
- Location:
- Meenbane, Co. Donegal
- Teacher: Seosamh Mac Coluim
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- (continued from previous page)left hand. Light it on the box with your left hand and put it into the box again.
6. Get three spoons, hand one to your friend and tell him to hide it somewhere. Tell him that you will be able to tell him where it is hidden. While he is doing so, heat the other spoon a little and when he returns hand it to him. He does likewise with this soon and when he returns, hand him the third spoon and have it burning hot. It will burn him and he will throw it as far as possible.
7. Put down eight matches and pair them by lifting and match over every two matches.
8. Make nine squares with matches. Lift eight matches and still have two squares left.
9. Sit on a jam-pot or bottle and thread a needle.
10. Get a cup and saucer, fill the saucer with water, turn the cup upside down on it and light a piece of paper. Put the paper up(continues on next page)
