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1. Toys - A Gun (continued)

   

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   gun was by getting haws. The haws were growing on a bush called a white thorn. I put the berry or haw in the hole in the centre of the gun. I then pushed the stick forward quickly with my hand and the haw came out of the gun.

   

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2. Toys - A Fowran Pea Shooter

   

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   When I was young I often made a peashooter out of Fowrawn. The Fowrawn is a plant that grows in the ditches in fields. It grows very tall and when it withers in winter a long hollow grey coloured stem remained. The stem has crevasses on it running from top to bottom. I cut off a piece of the stem of the Fowrawn about a foot long. The way I played with it was by putting some sort of berries or a sort of small stones in the centre of the

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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

   Sighle Nic Aodha

   Gender

   Female

   Address

   Fallaghmore, Co. Laois

   Collector

   Uinsionn De Laoighseach

   Gender

   Male

   Address

   Clopook, Co. Laois