School: Sráid na Cille, Cathair Dhún Iascaigh (roll number 15184)

Location:
An Chathair, Co. Thiobraid Árann
Teacher:
Déoirín Ní Ragháil
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    for catching rabbits. I can set snares. I catch a lot of rabbits in them two or three every morning I bring threepence worth of wire and get a nail hammer it, about half way into a log and then get another piece of stick and put the wires, 6, from one stick to the other and wind until it is all wound together. Then I get a peice of twine and a stick and shape it like this
    [labled drawing of a pin
    and tie the twine on to the pin and then to the snare. Then it get a piee of stick thin, about 6 ins long for a peg to
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    Topics
    1. gníomhaíochtaí
      1. gníomhaíochtaí sóisialta (~7)
        1. siamsaíocht agus caitheamh aimsire (~5,933)
          1. bréagáin (~1,598)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Michael Fox
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Loch Luachra, Co. Thiobraid Árann