School: Barradubh (Sixmilebridge)
- Location:
- Barraduff, Co. Kerry
- Teacher: Dómhnall Ua Donnchadha
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0457, Page 403
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- During the summer the local rivers are "full" of trout and these go into the smaller streams during floods. While in the rivers they are fished for with flies (artificial) in fine weather and with worms during floods. Formerly the wood-fly was used instead of the artificial fly and with considerable success but it is difficult to get now as all the woods in the locality have been cut down. To secure the
wood-fly the fishermen took fresh
cow-dung to the wood and spread it near a tree. He stood behind the tree with a close net and when the flies perched on the bait the net was thrown over them. They were put in a box or bottle so as to be kept alive as long as possible. If the fisherman hadn't a
suitable net he procured a branch of a tree or feathán with which he struck the flies which sank into the "trap" without being killed, or he fired a fist full of earth at them.
* The Hair-loop. I do not know what the official name of this was but it consisted of a long strong rib of horse hair.
* This was called snaring trout.(continues on next page)
- Collector
- Dómhnall Ua Donnchadha
- Gender
- Male
- Occupation
- Múinteoir
