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School: Machaire

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Magherintemple, Co. Cavan
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Mary Ó Reilly
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 1023, Page 124

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    stone will go a long distance
    Butterflies cages are made from rushes. These rushes are plaited in and through each other in a V shape. It is great fun trying to get a butterfly into the cage.
    Another article which can be made at home is a rabbits snare This is the way in which a rabbit's snare is made A little ring is put at the end of a piece of copped wire and the other end is put in through the ring When the rabbit hops in this snare it is held fast by the leg
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    Topics
    1. activities
      1. social activities (~7)
        1. entertainments and recreational activities (~5,933)
          1. toys (~1,598)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Hugh Brady
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Drumacleeskin, Co. Cavan