School: Moylough (C.) (roll number 13832)
- Location:
- Moylough, Co. Sligo
- Teacher: Margaret Devine
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0170, Page 0142
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- (continued from previous page)he pulls the loops tighter and he finally dies.
Bird-cradles are made of thick sally rods. They tie four of them together in the form of a square. From each corner they put four others - each about a foot and a half in length, standing up and tie them together at the top. Then they weave thin rods in and out and make a kind of hat. Afterwards they put a rod across the bottom in such a way that whent he little bird steps on it, it falls out and the bird-cradle falls down on the bird.
Girls string daisies together and make chains. They split the stem of one daisy and put the head of another, through the split. Then they split the stem of the second daisy and put the head of another into it. This they continue doing till the chain is long enough for use.
- Collector
- Kathleen Gildea
- Gender
- Female
- Address
- Moylough, Co. Sligo
- Informant
- James Brennan
- Relation
- Grandparent
- Gender
- Male
- Address
- Moylough, Co. Sligo
