School: Belcarra (Buachaillí)
- Location:
- Ballycarra, Co. Mayo
- Teacher: Seosamh Ó Heireamhóin
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0094, Page 301
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- In Winter I make a cage for catching birds. I make the cage of rods that will bend. Then I scatter crumbs under it and the bird will come and hop on the tongue and the cage will fall down on her. I also make a pop gun. I get a thick bit of a boortree stick and clean it all out. Then I get another bit of a stick and put it into it. I put a piece of a potatoe into it and fire it out with the stick. The noise it makes is like pop and that is why it is called a pop gun. I also make a cat-of-pult. I get a gablog and fashion two bits of on to it. I put a bit of leather on the end of the rubber. I hold the stone in the leather, and pull the rubber tightly, and the stone will fly away throught the air.
- Collector
- John Dempsey
- Gender
- Male
- Address
- Loona More, Co. Mayo
