School: Ballyconnell (B.)
- Location:
- Ballyconnell, Co. Cavan
- Teacher: James Mulligan
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- The young boys long ago used to get blue clay and make clay marbles. They used to make a catapult out of a forked stick and a piece of rubber. They used to fire stones in it.
- Informant
- Mr Flynn
- Gender
- Male
- Address
- Ballyconnell, Co. Cavan
- The children a long time ago used to make their own toys. They used to make cliabans[?] for catching birds. They used to make these clinbans[?] out of sticks. They used to make guns. They used to get a piece of a stick and bore it. They would get a piece of paper and place it(continues on next page)
- Informant
- Mr Patrick Carberry
- Gender
- Male
- Address
- Snugborough, Co. Cavan
