School: Dernakesh (B)
- Location:
- Doire na Ceise, Co. an Chabháin
- Teacher: T. Ó Comhraidhe
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 1017, Page 391
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You are not logged in, but you are welcome to contribute a transcription anonymously. In this case, your IP address will be stored in the interest of quality control.By clicking the save button you agree that your contribution will be available under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International License and that a link to dúchas.ie is sufficient as attribution. - 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(continues on next page)
