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School: Trí Trian (Three Trees) (roll number 2680)

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Three Trees, Co. Donegal
Teacher:
Caitlín A. Scott
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 1113, Page 416

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    the wire.
    The tether stick is driven into the ground.
    This smaller stick is used to keep the snare steady.
    When a rabbit runs into it this copper wire hangs the rabbit.
    During the month of August and September lots of people set snares in the fields and glens. Larger and stronger snares are made to catch hares and badger. A dull is set to catch snipe. Three horse hairs are plaited together; then a running loop is put on the end of it.
    Three dulls are made like that; then the three are tied on a straight stick about eighteen inches long.
    This stick is left flat on the ground on a very Marshy place with the loops over small holes of water; then two forked sticks are got
    The forked sticks are placed over
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    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
    Sandie Allen
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Three Trees, Co. Donegal