School: Lios an Aonaigh (roll number 1413)

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   top down through the stick. Then put a spring into it so that when you pull the spring it will shoot out what ever you have in the round hole.
   Birds cradles are made from elder and rods. First sink four elder sticks in the ground and bore holes in them. Then stick the rods out and in through the holes, that are in the elder sticks. The whistles are also made from a piece of an elder tree, and some other piece of stick. Bore a down from the top of the elder tree and then cut out the shape of a V on the side, and then stick down a rod from the top of the elder tree. Slings are made from two pieces of string about a yard long and a piece of leather. The string are attached to the leather with another piece of string. The sting would throw a stone very far away. Catapults are made from a piece of stick the shape of a head of fork and a piece of leather. The two rubbers were tied with

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   1. activities
      1. social activities (~7)
         1. entertainments and recreational activities (~5,933)

   Language

   English

   Collector

   Michael Gallagher

   Gender

   Male

   Address

   Cartronduffy, Co. Sligo

   Informant

   Mrs Gallgher

   Gender

   Female

   Address

   Cartronduffy, Co. Sligo