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School: Inistioge (B.) (roll number 1916)

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Inistioge, Co. Kilkenny
Teacher:
Máirtín Breathnach
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0859, Page 162

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    At first get a piece of an alder stick about ten inches long and 2 inches in diameter and drive a red poker through the middle of it to clear the hole. Next get the ram rod or a peice of straight stick with one end of it thicker than the other so as to make a handle on it. Then get two pieces of rubber and attached them to the handle and barrel so as to put a spring in the gun. Get a piece of a stick or a cork for a bullet
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