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 598
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- VI Long ago children made toys for their own amusement, but now-a-days toys are bought. In olden times boys made guns for their own use from elder trees. Some boys made traps for birds by getting a bunch of sallies and weaving them in and out through each other. These traps were cone shaped. There was a hole in the top of the trap, and a wad of straw was stuck in this hole. This snare was set on a stick, and it fell down on the bird when he went in under it.
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- Collector
- Mary Mc Hugh
- Gender
- Female
- Age
- 14
- Occupation
- Farmer
- Address
- Ardnagragh, Co. Westmeath
