School: Ballyuskill (B.), Ballyragget

Location:: Ballyoskill, Co. Kilkenny
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used tie a piece of twine out of it let one side rest on a stone and put a few crumbs inside the riddle then hide behind something when the bird would come to get crumbs, pull the twine and the bird would be caught inside
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Boys makes tops out of pieces of wood. The people also used to play duck it was a very nice game. The used to make riddles to catch birds.

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About thirty years ago there were lots of toys made in this district the people made cribs tops skittles and snares. My father used to catch snipes and he used to sell sell them at sevenpence each.

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