School: Caimthír (Camphire), Ceapach Chuinn (roll number 15129)
- Location:
- Camphire, Co. Waterford
- Teacher: Nóra Bean Uí Chradóig
Archival Reference
The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0636, Page 409
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- are still made from wire. Five wires are twisted together and a loop left at the end. The other end is passed through the loop and tied to a timber peg. THe snare is then set in the rabbit's path and when he comes along he does not see it and is caught by the head.
Models from Turnips:=
Models were carved with knives out of turnips:=-Eggstands, candlesticks, and cups were often made.(continues on next page)
- Informant
- Brighid Ní Craith
- Relation
- Unknown
- Gender
- Female
- Age
- 48
- Occupation
- Siopadóir
- Address
- Camphire, Co. Waterford
- (continued from previous page)Tops
Long ago the young people made tops from spools. They pared the spool into the shape of a top and put a nail down through the spool for a spear.
Guns
The young people got elder and pared it, burned the pith out of it with a red iron and put a thin rod in its place with a knob in the top of it. They made bullets out of corks
