School: Lattoon

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1. The Homemade Toys (continued)

   

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   Years ago the boys made pot-guns from the elder branches. They made snares for catching birds with hazel withe by twisting it in a circle and tying cords across in net-work and using horse hair for loops for the birds feet. Wire loops were used for catching hares or rabbits. Years ago boys made a mill wheel from a turnip by rounding it first and then cutting troughs all around the edge and putting an axle on each end. They'd take it to a running stream and make it stationary where there would be a volume of water running overhead and it would work splendid. That is gone out of fashion in many years.

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2. The Potato Crop

   

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   Potatoes are grown on our farm. We sow about one acre each year. The potato crop varies from three roods to one acre.
   My uncle prepares the ground. The

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