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School: Urlár

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Urlaur, Co. Mayo
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0113, Page 346

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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0113, Page 346

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    would squirt water a long distance. Boys also used to make cradle-birds. First of all they would get a basket and put it standing on its side then they would put a stick holding it up and they would have a long tape on the stick. Then they would put oats under the basket and take the tape and go into the house. When the birds would come to eat the oats they would pull the tape and the basket would fall down on the birds.
    Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.
    History Edit
    Topics
    1. activities
      1. social activities (~7)
        1. entertainments and recreational activities (~5,933)
          1. toys (~1,598)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Seamus O Grianain
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Urlaur, Co. Mayo
    Informant
    Thomas Grennan
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Urlaur, Co. Mayo