School: Slieverue (roll number 12476)
- Teacher: John Carey
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- A Crib(To catch birds alive)The frame is made of two boards with two holes in each board. There are also two sticks of the same length.
Two cords go from each corner to the opposite. Then get four sticks the same length as the frame and lay them on the frame and so on four at a time.
Every four sticks must be half an inch shorter than the set underneath until the cords are tight.
There is a briar coming from the two corners in the back. A stick like a pitch-fork and briar(continues on next page)- Collector
- Máire Ní Dhubhlaing
- Gender
- Female
- Address
- Ferrybank, Co. Waterford
- Informant
- Joseph Cashin
- Gender
- Male
- Address
- Rathpatrick, Co. Kilkenny