School: Cluain Leamhac (Cloonloo) (roll number 12767)

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1. Toys

   

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   a gun made from a bore tree:- a young branch of a tree is cut. It must be a foot long and about half an inch thick. The pith is scooped out of it and a piece about two inches long is cut out of the middle. To the end of this piece a spring is attached. a stick about three inches long is put through the bore pressed against the spring. Then the spring is released and it shoots the stick through the bore.

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   Topics

   1. activities
      1. social activities (~7)
         1. entertainments and recreational activities (~5,933)
            1. toys (~1,598)

   Language

   English

   Collector

   Joseph Corrigeann

   Gender

   Male

2. A Cradle Bird

   

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   a cradle bird is used for catching birds and it
   is generally set up during snow. the best birds
   to catch are the thrushes and finches because they
   are the best singers. Four long sally rods are got
   and doubled at the eight ends and are tied
   together at the top. Four other rods about a foot
   and a half in length are got and tied to the free
   ends of the other four rods. The cradle is now in

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