School: Drumraney (roll number 13571)
- Location:
- Drumraney, Co. Westmeath
- Teachers: Ml Mc Garry Alice Mc Garry
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0747, Page 597
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- Patrick Moran
- Gender
- Male
- Address
- Toorbeg, Co. Westmeath
- Informant
- John Moran
- Gender
- Male
- Age
- 65
- Occupation
- Farmer
- Address
- Toorbeg, Co. Westmeath
- Long ago young boys used to have great sport catching birds. A trap called Cipin a Gala was used to trap them. Here is the way the trap was made. A sally was got and then the two ends of it were driven down into the ground. After that another one was got and put standing on the bent one. Then a basket was leaned over against the standing sally. When the bird would light on the bent sally it would fall on the bird and catch her.
