The playwork book . Fig. humming noise. If a piece of tinwith notched edges (as in Figure 51 of awindmill) is used, it will hum very loud. Apiece of heavy lead foil, or a piece of firmleather cut into a round and notched at theedge can be used. A CLAPPER Materials Required:— A fowls merrythought or w^ishbone, a small slipof thin wood, a piece of strong string, penknife. This is made of a fowls wishbone ormerrythought. Tie across from end to endof the bone a loop of string, and into this insert the end of a of wood about fourinches long and threequarters of an inch
The playwork book . Fig. humming noise. If a piece of tinwith notched edges (as in Figure 51 of awindmill) is used, it will hum very loud. Apiece of heavy lead foil, or a piece of firmleather cut into a round and notched at theedge can be used. A CLAPPER Materials Required:— A fowls merrythought or w^ishbone, a small slipof thin wood, a piece of strong string, penknife. This is made of a fowls wishbone ormerrythought. Tie across from end to endof the bone a loop of string, and into this insert the end of a of wood about fourinches long and threequarters of an inch this in till the stringis about the middle, thenturn it round several timestill the string is twistedFig. 64. fairly tight without bend-. 82 THE PLAYWORK BOOK ing the ends of the bone too much. Nowslip the wooden strip along till the string isabout an inch from the end of it and let itgo. The twnsting of the string will bringthe wood down against the angle of thebone with a smart clap. A TELEPHONE Materials Required:— Two gas mantle boxes, a piece of thin bladder or{greaseproof paper, many yards of thin twine. This can be made of two of the boxesused for incandescent gas mantles; the boxfor the larger inverted mantles is best. Re-move the lids from each end and cut off therims carefully, so that you have two neatrings of cardboard. Slip one of these on
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