School: Clochar na Trócaire, Buirgheas Uí Luighdheach (roll number 3486)

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1. Homemade Toys (continued)

   

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   This is set outside the window in the snow, with a meal as a bait. A bent brier is put under one end of the crib. A long string is attached to the brier and when the bird goes in, the person inside the window pulls the string, the crib slaps to the ground leaving the bird inside.
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   {There are labeled diagrams of - clockwise from top left - Crib made from laths, man dancing on a plate, chestnut yo-yo, snare}

   

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   History Edit

   Topics

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

   Language

   English

   Collector

   Maura Collins

   Gender

   Female

   Informant

   Mrs Frank Collins

   Gender

   Female

   Address

   Kilfithmone, Co. Tipperary

   Informant

   Mr Frank Collins

   Relation

   Parent

   Gender

   Male

   Address

   Kilfithmone, Co. Tipperary