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School: Dernakesh (B)

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Dernakesh, Co. Cavan
Teacher:
T. Ó Comhraidhe
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 1017, Page 391

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    When I was about the age of six I made a barrow out of an egg box. First I got an old egg box and nailed it on two long sticks which made handles and place for a wheel. I then put on an old bicycle wheel with an iron axle.
    Games Reilly made a gun out of board tree. He first cut a piece of it about six inches long and took out the boast part of it. He then got a narrower piece of the tree to be able to slip up down through the hole in the other. What he used for amunation was hard paper. The gun would carry about seven yards.
    When I was about twelve years old I made a snare out of wire. I formed a hole at one end of the wire and by putting the other end into the hole I had a
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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
    Patrick Farrell
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Gallonreagh, Co. Cavan
    Informant
    Patrick Farrell
    Relation
    Parent
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Gallonreagh, Co. Cavan