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School: Ceann Tuirc (B.) (roll number 14052)

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Ceann Toirc, Co. Chorcaí
Teacher:
Liam Ó Caoimh
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0353, Page 675

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    They got a bit of elder stick and shaped it like a revolver. They then got a red poker and burned a hole in it.
    They also made a trap to catch birds. If it was snowing they got a "sciathóg" and they put a piece of bread under it and they put a twig a couple of inches long in. Then they tied a string to the twig, and when the bird went in for the bread they pulled the string and the "sciathóg" fell and the bird was caught.
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