School: Ballyconnell (B.)
- Location:
- Ballyconnell, Co. Cavan
- Teacher: James Mulligan
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- (continued from previous page)at one end of the hole. Then they would get a stick and push it through. Then it would let a shot. They used to make spinning tops.
- A long time ago the old people used to make their own toys out of turnips. They used to make the shape of a bird out of a turnip. Then they used to make a gun out of a stick and fire at the bird. Another toy that was made out of a turnip was the magic lantern. They used to make it like a mans face and put a candle in it. The young people used be afraid of this.
- Informant
- Mr Wyne
- Gender
- Male
- Address
- Agharaskilly, Co. Cavan