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School: Cloran (roll number 5282)

Location:
Cloran and Corcullentry, Co. Westmeath
Teacher:
Síle Flynn
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0725, Page 0301

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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0725, Page 0301

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    The boys made "slings" by getting a long cord and putting a small piece of leather in the middle of the cord. They used this for slinging stones.
    Toy Cribs: They made toy cribs for catching birds. By getting small pieces of sticks and make a crib out of them and put it lying on the ground on its side, put crumbs under it, have a long cord out of the crib. The boys hide somewhere that the bird cannot see them, when the bird goes into the crib the boys pull the cord and the bird is caught.
    Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.
    History Edit
    Topics
    1. activities
      1. social activities (~7)
        1. entertainments and recreational activities (~5,933)
          1. toys (~1,598)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Máirín Ní Fhaircheallaigh
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Cavestown and Rosmead, Co. Westmeath
    Informant
    Mr J. Farrelly
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Cavestown and Rosmead, Co. Westmeath