School: Ballyadams (roll number 894)

Location:
Ballyadams, Co. Laois
Teacher:
P. Ó Bruadair
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0836, Page 038

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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0836, Page 038

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  1. XML School: Ballyadams
  2. XML Page 038
  3. XML “Toys - A Fowran Pea Shooter”
  4. XML “Toys - A Pepper Can Whistle”
  5. XML “Toys - Stone and Feather”

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  2. When I was young I often made a "pepper "Can whistle" I took the lid off of the can. I put a hole in the bottom of the can. I put a piece of a string in through the whole. I swong it around and it made a whistling noise.
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  3. I often played with a toy made from a stone and a feather. I got a stone usually an angular one. I tied a piece of cord around the stone and left a piece
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