School: Clochar na Trócaire, Drangan (roll number 7232)
- Location:
- Drangan, Co. Tipperary
- Teacher: An tSr. M. Gráinne
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0556, Page 376
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- (continued from previous page)Snares were made to catch rabbits, and of late years this practise has come into vogue again. Snare-making is quite simple. Small blocks are cut from trees and sharply pointed at the top. A loop of wire, about a foot round it firmly tied to the blunt end of the block. The block is then hammered into the ground in a place where rabbits are sure to be plentiful.Pop-guns are made from ash. The ash is cut into various shapes about a foot long, and a cuple of inches wide. Rounded tin with a small cork attached is then saudered or nailed on to the timber. A spring is fitted into the tin and this spring shoots up and down according as the trigger which(continues on next page)
- Collector
- Mary Horan
- Gender
- Female
- Address
- Knockuragh, Co. Tipperary
- Informant
- Mr Thomas Horan
- Gender
- Male
- Address
- Knockuragh, Co. Tipperary
