School: Ceann Caorach, Cill Crócháin (roll number 15952)
- Location:
- Caher, Co. Cork
- Teacher: Caitlín Ní Riain
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- (continued from previous page)sea & when he found the line moving he hauled it up on the land & loosened the fish off the hook.
Hake-fishing was done with a large strong net called a "tramble". They took it out in a boat & it was put in the water. At the top was a cork buoy & this remained on the surface so it was easy for the fisher-men to know the exact place where they put the net. After about an hour it was hauled up into the boat and the fish were taken out in the boat. In the evening when the fisher-men came home, the women cleaned & salted the fish & they were kept to sustain the family for the year.
- Collector
- Mary O' Donovan
- Gender
- Female
- Address
- Reagh, Co. Cork
- Informant
- Thomas Donovan
- Gender
- Male
- Address
- Reagh, Co. Cork
