School: Baile Ruadh (Cailíní)

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   of leather which has a small hole in the middle for a stone. They can send a stone a long way with this toy.
   In snowy weather the boys make cribs for catching birds. They make a square frame from elder sticks and tie four thin rods to the corners and make them into a triangular shape at the top, and through these they weave thin rods. They set it on one end with a gabhlóg and when the birds step on it, it falls and they are caught.
   They make spinning tops from spools by cutting them to a point and putting a spike through them and twisting them on a level board with a small whip.
   The whirligig is a very popular toy and is made from leather, tin or cardboard cut round and mitred, and a string is put through it and when it is twisted it will continue from itself.
   Boys also make snares for catching rabbits and hares. It is made by twisting three wires round each other and making an eye in the wire. It is tied to a pointed stick and set in the rabbits run and when he goes in or out he will be caught in the snare and choked.

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   Topics

   1. activities
      1. social activities (~7)
         1. entertainments and recreational activities (~5,933)
            1. toys (~1,598)

   Language

   English

   Collector

   Caitlín Ní Chatháin

   Other names

   Caitlín Ní Chatháin

   Kathleen Keane

   Gender

   Female

   Address

   Moneen, Co. Galway

   Informant

   Mairtín O' Chatháin

   Gender

   Male

   Age

   c. 50

   Address

   Moneen, Co. Galway