School: Áth Treasna (B.) (roll number 11236)
- Location:
- Newmarket, Co. Cork
- Teacher: Seán Ó Dálaigh
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0353, Page 244
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- A crib for catching birds is made with twigs and elder on a timber frame about one foot square. The four twigs are looped in the four corners and tied with a cord. Straight elders are put in through the loops and tied at intervals with cord to the top. A light twig is made into a bow and put into the two back corners. The crib is raised up at one side with a "Gallóg" and a piece of twig called a "baitín bréugach" or the liardy little stick very light sticks are placed across the bow and a bait of corn laid on the ground at the back.
A swing is made with two ropes hanging on two trees the ropes are tied to the ends of the board and a person sits on the board and another person swings him back and forth.
- Collector
- Con Sheahan
- Gender
- Male
- Address
- Newmarket, Co. Cork
