School: An Sciobairín
- Location:
- Skibbereen, Co. Cork
- Teacher: Micheál Ó Cuileanáin
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- (continued from previous page)Bird baskets are four-sided baskets coming to a point on top. They are about square at the ground. They are raised off the ground by a twig. The bird to be caught perches on this twig and its weight brings down the basket. Of course the basket must be baited first.
- Birdlime is put on a twig about a foot and a half long and the twig is put on top of a bush standing up straight then a song bird is a cage is put on a fence nearby.
Another bird comes to see the bird in the cage. He perches on one of(continues on next page)