School: Raharney (B.)
- Location:
- Raharney, Co. Westmeath
- Teacher: S. Ó Conmhidhe
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0727, Page 048
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- XML “Fishing - Lime”
- XML “Fishing - Spawning Time”
- XML “Fishing - Teaming”
- XML “Fishing - Hare Holes”
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You are not logged in, but you are welcome to contribute a transcription anonymously. In this case, your IP address will be stored in the interest of quality control.By clicking the save button you agree that your contribution will be available under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International License and that a link to dúchas.ie is sufficient as attribution. - Men showed light of lamps or lanterns on the water at night during spawning time of salmon and when the fish came to the light they were speared.
- During a dry Summer small rivers were dammed or stopped in two places and the water teemed between the dams. Any fish there, was then caught.
- On paths across the bogs many deep narrow holes are still seen. These were "hare holes", specially dug & lightly covered over with straw, to let the hare fall into
