School: Gallach (roll number 16464)
- Location:
- Gallach, Co. na Gaillimhe
- Teacher: Bean Uí Mhaoiléidigh
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- The game I like to play best in Winter is catching birds with crib. In order to make a crib first I would get four good strong elder sticks and tie them together with twine in the form of of a square. Then I would get sally rods and tie them all round up to the top. Then I would get a bundle of elder rods and weave them in and out through the sally rods. Then when they are all woven in well it it set of a very frosty or snowy day by a little bit of a stuck like this. Y It has to be light and when the bird goes in shill tip against the stick and it will fall on top of her. I catch a lot of birds in this manner every winter. My father taught me how to make it.
- Collector
- J.J. O' Dowd
- Gender
- Male
- Address
- Gallach, Co. na Gaillimhe
