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School: Bog-fhód (Buckode) (roll number 3736)

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Buckode, Co. Leitrim
Teacher:
Muiris Mac Gearailt
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    About sixty years ago the natives caught fish with a form of net called a "Cocail."
    This was made in the shape of an arch closed at one end. It was placed at the end of the river just where it enters the Lough. A man took charge of this holding it in position with the closed end facing the Lough and the open end towards the source of the river. Another man "plunged" the river with a wattle until the meshes of the "Cocsil" were full. Very little Lough fishing was done as the application of the
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    History Edit
    Topics
    1. activities
      1. economic activities
        1. catching animals
          1. fishing (~216)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Sean Gilmartin
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Kinlough, Co. Leitrim
    Informant
    Mrs Hugh Mc Gowan
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Aghavoghil, Co. Leitrim