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School: St Columb's Moville

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Moville, Co. Donegal
Teacher:
Hamilton Stewart
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 1119, Page 298

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    a drawing. [drawing of a catapult]
    In our district they used to make kites. First you get a big piece of paper, and some thin laths and a hoop. You sweel these together by a cord. You then get some paste and stick the paper round the frame. The kite must be balanced right or it will not fly right.
    Here is a drawing [drawing of a kite]
    There was a lot of snaring done in our district in olden time.
    They mostly snared hares and rabbits. They got three strands of copper wire and twist these round until they are thoroughly twisted.
    Then they put a loop on it.
    The hare puts its head into this loop and the hare gets strangled.
    Here is a drawing of one of them.
    [drawing of a snare]
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    Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.
    History Edit
    Topics
    1. activities
      1. social activities (~7)
        1. entertainments and recreational activities (~5,933)
          1. toys (~1,598)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Hamilton Stewart
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Moville, Co. Donegal