School: Glostremin (roll number 15441)
- Location:
- Glasdrumman, Co. Leitrim
- Teacher: Maire Nic an Bháird
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0212, Page 177
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- Birdcage. A cage for holding a bird in the house is made from wires with a timber bottom
Bird Cradle a trap for catching birds it is made from sally rods on a square base with four triangular sides meeting in a point at the top
Spinning Jennies: A round piece of tin with mitres like a saw round the edge and a hole in the middle in which a piece of twine is put and is wound tight and will keep spinning for five minutes
Rabbit Snaring A piece of snare wire which is set in the field for snaring rabbits.
Tops A toy for spinning round about is made from the tops of spools
Clay marbles Marbles for playing with and are made from yellow clay and the children play with them in Summer
A flies cge Is made out of rushes there are about six rushes tied together at the top and they are sloped down in a triangular shape and the flies hop in and between the rushes and the rushes are(continues on next page)
- Collector
- Brigid Moran
- Gender
- Female
- Informant
- Bernard Smith
- Gender
- Male
- Age
- 58
- Address
- Greagh, Co. Leitrim
