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Passage East, Co. Waterford
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Proinnsias Ó Heachthigheirn
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0652, Page 234

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    Long ago people often made their living by snaring rabbits. They used to go out in the evening and set the snares. They used to leave them out all night. In order to make a snare the people got some copper wire and a short piece of stick. They wound the wire round the stick and then hammered the stick down in the ground. The stick had to be well down in the ground, or the rabbit would pull it up. A man named Nicholas Gough of Raheen snared rabbits up to a short time ago. He once caught a fox but when he was taking him out he got off.
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    History Edit
    Topics
    1. activities
      1. economic activities
        1. trades and crafts (~4,680)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    James Barry
    Gender
    Male
    Informant
    Thomas Walsh
    Relation
    Unknown
    Gender
    Male
    Age
    72
    Address
    Newtown, Co. Waterford