School: Shanagolden (B.) (roll number 3786)
- Location:
- Shanagolden, Co. Limerick
- Teacher: Tomás Ó Loingsigh
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- Every day there are new games being invented, both indoor and outdoor ones; but there are still some games handed down from olden times, from generation to generation, and which always appeal very much to young boys and girls.I play many games at different times of the year. In spring I make a crib for catching birds. This crib is called a "cradle-bird" or a "bird-cradle" and is made by placing four sticks on the ground in the form of a square and tying the ends of them together with cords. A number of other squares are made in the same way, each being a little smaller than the preceding one. Then all the squares are piled over each other, the biggest in the bottom, so as to form a cage in the shape of a pyramid. They are all tied firmly together with cords. To set the bird-cradle it must be placed on ground with one(continues on next page)
- Collector
- Eoin Curran
- Gender
- Male
