School: Ballyadams (roll number 894)
- Location:
- Ballyadams, Co. Laois
- Teacher: P. Ó Bruadair
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- (continued from previous page)It is used for throwing stones. Tie the long piece around your hand and put a stone in it. Catch the short string in your hand. Then swing it around, then let the short one go. It is able to send the stone a long distance.
- When I was young I usually had a doll. I often made a bed for her. First I got four pieces of card-board. I stitched them together with very strong thread. Those two pieces of card-board are supposed to be one end of the bed and one side. Then I got two more pieces for the other end and the other side of the bed. Then I got one big flat piece of card-(continues on next page)