School: Earl Darnley (roll number 13573)
- Location:
- Athboy, Co. Meath
- Teacher: Siubhán Ní Loichéid
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0696, Page 194
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- (continued from previous page)on the end of the rubber. A Catapult is used for killing birds. When you want to fire you have to pull back the rubber.
- The Sling is also a very dangerous thing because the stone goes very far away. First get two pieces of cord one a little longer than the other, then (you) get a piece of leather, then get two pieces of cord and tie one on each end of the leather, and then its made. A Sling is used for firing at birds, and for other different purposes.
When you want to fire a stone you first swing the sling and let the short cord slip, and then the stone leaves it very quickly. - Collector
- Dick Piggott
- Gender
- Male
- Address
- Athboy, Co. Meath
- Some of the games I play are:- Rounders, Tig, Hide and Seek, Colours, Ghost in the Garden, Donkey, Sticky Toffee,(continues on next page)
