Scoil: Barradubh (Sixmilebridge)

Ar an leathanach seo

1. Hare Hunting (ar lean)

   

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   (ar lean ón leathanach roimhe)

   hounds but as hares were shot by the landlords farmers ran the risk of being evicted if they kept them. During those days hares were snared. People living near the mountains constructed fences along near the mountains for no other purpose than for snaring hares. They left gullets in the fence and in these they set the snares. To avoid suspicion some people left stone gaps in the fences. The gap was closed in the evening, a space left for the hare to pass through and the snare set. The gap was knocked down next morning.
   Since the game rights reverted to the farmers the practice has practically died out.
   The hound is highly prized and a good hare is much admired, more so when he escapes than when caught. When a hare is known to be in a certain place he is hunted with sheep-dogs, it being known that they will not kill him. The idea is that when running from the sheep dog he is trained to develop speed for the greyhound. The best running hare is the animal with "stockings." By that is meant that the hind legs

   (leanann ar an chéad leathanach eile)

   

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