School: Béal Átha an Dá Chab

Location:
Ballydehob, Co. Cork
Teacher:
Risteárd Ó Lighin
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0291, Page 141

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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0291, Page 141

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  1. Some girls make strings of flowers for necklaces, and boys make snares to catch rabbits and hares. Some boys trap wild birds. They trap wild ducks, and they make bird baskets to catch blackbirds, or thrushes, and other wild birds.
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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
    Paddy Donnell
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Coolagh More, Co. Cork
  2. Boys make snares for catching rabbits and hares and bird baskets for trapping birds. Girls used to make necklaces out of flowers and sceachóirí. They also make dolls by stringing flowers together. Catapults were made with a gabhlóg and rubber and leather.
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    Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.