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School: An Caiseal Árd (roll number 16442)

Location:
Cashelard, Co. Donegal
Teacher:
Pádraic M. Mac Gongail
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    I play a lot of games but the one I prefer best is bird catching.
    First of all I get a lot of black sallyrods. Then make a square hoop of rods tied at each corner with string and put stick after stick until it reaches a narrow top. Then you get a bow, and tie it with string at the back of the bird creel. Then get a forkshaped stick and a tricker and put it standing up put a bit of food on the ground inside the bird-creel. Then if a bird comes it will leap up on the bow and the bird-creel will fall and the bird will not get out. The name of this article is called a bird-creel.
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    Topics
    1. activities
      1. social activities (~7)
        1. entertainments and recreational activities (~5,933)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    John Duffy
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Cashelard, Co. Donegal