Rónta agus Bradáin /
Seals and Salmon
Seals and Salmon
Informant: Nioclás Breathnach
Age: 72
Address: Ceann an Bhathla, Helvic, Co. Waterford
Collector: Nioclás Breathnach [The folklore collector], National Folklore Collection, UCD
Date of Recording: 17/11/1936
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[Image courtesy of the Irish Seal Sanctuary]
Rónta agus Bradáin
Nuair a bhímis ag iascaireacht bradán is minic a thagadh an rón agus bhéarfadh sé greim ar mhuineál bradáin agus ansan d’fhágfadh sé ansan é agus raghadh sé go dtí ceann eile a bheadh sa líon agus do thabharfadh sé leis é go dtí na ceannaibh óga – is dócha a bhíodh ó dheas ins na failltreacha aige.
Seals and Salmon
When we would be fishing for salmon a seal would often come and bite the neck of the salmon and he’d eat it there and then and he’d go to another one in the net and he’d take it with him to the young ones – he probably had them down south in the cliffs.