School: Shinrone (B.)
- Location:
- Shinrone, Co. Offaly
- Teacher: William Mac Mahon
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- (continued from previous page)over the head and the small string is let off and the stone is sent a great distance.
- The way to make a bow and arrow is first get a straight hazel stick and a piece of twine.
Then tie the twine to one end of stick bend the stick, and tie the twine to the other end of the stick, and then the bow is made. To make the arrow we must get another stick and point one end of it, and put it into the bow - Transcription guide »You are not logged in, but you are welcome to contribute a transcription anonymously. In this case, your IP address will be stored in the interest of quality control.By clicking the save button you agree that your contribution will be available under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International License and that a link to dúchas.ie is sufficient as attribution.
- Collector
- James Quirke
- Gender
- Male
- Address
- Shinrone, Co. Offaly
- Informant
- John Burniston
- Gender
- Male
- Address
- Cangort Demesne, Co. Offaly