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   A pop-gun. For a pop-gun they got a piece of an elder stick about four inches long and bore a hole right through it. Put a piece of paper into the hole and shoot it out with a smaller piece of stick.

   

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   Whistles:- These are also called "killy-corns". Get a straw with a knot on the end of it. Put a split under the knot and blow. If it will not play then, the person says, "killy-corn, killy-corn if you don't play I'll cut off your head and throw you away" Pop-gun. Get an elder stick and take the "middle" out of it. Get a stick that will go through the middle. Put bits of paper into the hole and shoot them out with the stick.

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   Topics

   1. activities
      1. social activities (~7)
         1. entertainments and recreational activities (~5,933)
            1. toys (~1,598)

   Language

   English

   Collector

   Thomas Flynn

   Gender

   Male

   Address

   Brusselstown, Co. Wicklow