School: Carrigaline (3) (roll number 12097)
- Location:
- Carrigaline, Co. Cork
- Teacher: Martha Levis
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- (continued from previous page)little holes as shown and tunes can be played on it.
An elder gun can be made by getting a piece of elder about 6 inches long. Bore a hole right through from end to end. This is done easily as its inside is soft, now get a piece of rubber about 8 inches long and tie it to one end of the stick.
Get a little bit of slender twig about about 3 inches long. To use the gun pull the rubber to its full length keeping hold of the twig. Let both rubber and twig go and the twig will fly a good distance. Every boy and girl finds amusement in their spare time making toys.
Boys find fun in making toy tractors cars, catapults and many other things.(continues on next page)- Collector
- Harry Wolfe
- Gender
- Male
- Address
- Shanagraigue, Co. Cork