School: Fothar (roll number 16903)

Location:
Faugher, Co. Donegal
Teacher:
Bláthnaid Ní Fhannghaile
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 1076, Page 402

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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 1076, Page 402

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  1. The people used to card and spin in winter time for pastime.An old game long ago that people used to play was caman they would play it on the strand. The people used to play cards in winter time for pastime. They used to have swings and see-saws, and they used to try races, and they used to leap to see who was the best leaper.
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  2. In olden times snares were of horse hair and also from the bark of trees. Today snares for catching wild birds are made of horse hair.
    The way traps were made was to dig a deep hole in the ground and cover it with rotten branches and twigs with layers of grass and leaves over all.
    Into this the animal fell and was trapped until the hunts men came and killed it with a
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    Topics
    1. activities
      1. social activities (~7)
        1. entertainments and recreational activities (~5,933)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Brian Harkin
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Ballymore Lower, Co. Donegal
    Informant
    James Harkin
    Gender
    Male
    Age
    58
    Address
    Ballymore Lower, Co. Donegal