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School: Baile Gaedhealach (B.) (roll number 14808)

Location:
Irishtown, Co. Mayo
Teacher:
Míchael Ó Slatara
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0097, Page 90

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    Willie Corley
    Bird catching was a favourite pastime amongs the boys forty or fifty years ago. In every house where a boy lived there was sure to be a cage or a cradlebird. The boy who owned one of these always had birds and good singers too very often. The gold-finch the lark and the linnet were highly valued and the boy who sold these got a good price for them. They often caught half a score of birds in one day. They brought these to the town and sold them and came home with full of their pockets of coppers.
    They mad the cradlebird from elder sticks and shaped it like a cone. A strong frame is made and tied with cords. Then the sticks are
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    History Edit
    Topics
    1. activities
      1. social activities (~7)
        1. entertainments and recreational activities (~5,933)
    2. agents (~1)
      1. animal-lore (~1,185)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Willie Corley
    Gender
    Male
    Informant
    Thomas Corley
    Gender
    Male
    Age
    60
    Address
    Burris, Co. Mayo