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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 1001, Page 092

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  3. XML “Homemade Toys - The Catapult”
  4. XML “Homemade Toys - Tops”
  5. XML “Homemade Toys - Snares”

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  1. Homemade Toys - The Catapult (continued)

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    get the tongue of a boot and make a hole in each side. The next thing to do is to slip the other end of the strips in through the holes. When shooting at a bird, a stone is put in the tongue, and held it with one hand, while with the other hand the bottom of the fork is held. With the hand in which the fork is held the strips are expanded. When the expanded strips are let go the stone goes also.
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  2. Homemade Toys - Tops

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    Long ago the boys going to school used to make tops. They got a big tailor's spool and peared one of the ends till it came to a point. That game is, however, gone out of date now-a-days.
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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
    Matthias O' Reilly
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Virginia, Co. Cavan
    Informant
    Micheal O' Reilly
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Virginia, Co. Cavan