School: Fothar (roll number 16903)
- Location:
- Faugher, Co. Donegal
- Teacher: Bláthnaid Ní Fhannghaile
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 1076, Page 402
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- (continued from previous page)and take it up off Rocks or where ever it might be. This was called a dull.
- The people used to card and spin in winter time for pastime.An old game long ago that people used to play was caman they would play it on the strand. The people used to play cards in winter time for pastime. They used to have swings and see-saws, and they used to try races, and they used to leap to see who was the best leaper.
- Collector
- Doreen Holman
- Gender
- Female
- Address
- Parkmore, Co. Donegal
- Informant
- M. A. Mc Garvey
- Gender
- Unknown
- Age
- 76
- Address
- Parkmore, Co. Donegal
- In olden times snares were of horse hair and also from the bark of trees. Today snares for catching wild birds are made of horse hair.
The way traps were made was to dig a deep hole in the ground and cover it with rotten branches and twigs with layers of grass and leaves over all.
Into this the animal fell and was trapped until the hunts men came and killed it with a(continues on next page)
