School: Béal Átha Feorainne (B.) (roll number 1866)
- Location:
- Ballyforan, Co. Roscommon
- Teacher: M.S. Ó Ceallaigh
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0271B, Page 05_018
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- (continued from previous page)trout can be caught with a worm. A licence has first to be obtained before a person can fish for trout or salmon. There is nothing more enjoyable than a day's fishing. To sit or lie on the green bank of the river and idly watch your cork bobbing up and down with the motion of the waters. Then the joy of getting a bite. Cast in again and lo, a fish is landed on the bank at your feet. For perch fishing people generally stand on the bank, but others go out in a boat. Sometimes a person would need great patience while fishing, if the catch is not good, but a en-(continues on next page)
- Collector
- Raymond Mc Quillan
- Gender
- Male
- Address
- Ballyforan, Co. Roscommon
