School: St. Anne's (B.)
- Location:
- Bailieborough, Co. Cavan
- Teacher: P. Mac an t Saoir
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- Home made toys are very often made in my district.
The toys we make are catapults, snares, bats, whips, paper balls and paper boats.
The catapult is my favourite toy. It is made from the forked branch of a tree, with a bit of rubber attached.
The catapult has many uses, the chief of them being, for killing birds and for hunting crows from a potatoe field.
Here is a drawing go a catapult.(continues on next page)- Collector
- Thomas J. Finegan
- Gender
- Male
- Address
- Bailieborough, Co. Cavan