School: Ballyuskill (B.), Ballyragget
- Location:
- Ballyoskill, Co. Kilkenny
- Teacher: F. Mac Cárthaigh
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0866, Page 260
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- (continued from previous page)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
- 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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- Collector
- Thomas Phelan
- Gender
- Male
- Address
- Rosconnell Glebe, Co. Laois
- Informant
- Michael Phelan
- Gender
- Male
- Address
- Rosconnell Glebe, Co. Laois
