School: Sráid na Cille, Cathair Dhún Iascaigh (roll number 15184)
- Location:
- Caher, Co. Tipperary
- Teacher: Déoirín Ní Ragháil
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- Nearly every boys and girl find amusement in home made toys. Girls sometimes string flowers or make dolls.
Last year I made some tops guns and cradle birds
The way I make tops is I get a spool and put a nail down through it and then test to see if it is good. Catapults are used a lot for killing birds first I get a stick and make a g abhaitóg. Then when I have that done I get two strips of rubber about ten ins long and tie it with twins to the gabhailóg and put a piece of leather to the other ends and put the stone in the leather and let it off and the stone will fly off(continues on next page)- Collector
- Michael Fox
- Gender
- Male
- Address
- Loughlohery, Co. Tipperary