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School: Tón Ruadh (roll number 12809)

Location:
Tonroe, Co. Mayo
Teacher:
Máirtín Ó Giobaláin
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0115, Page 156

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    It is also a custom for the youth of the place to come there every Sunday night. Cross-roads are the favourite meeting places of the young.
    Wherever a person dropped dead it was the custom, long ago, for every body who knew the person to throw a stone on the spot where he dropped dead. This is not done lately. All the stones thrown in such places are now gone.
    Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.
    History Edit
    Topics
    1. objects
      1. man-made structures
        1. public infrastructure
          1. roads (~2,778)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Cáitín Ní Chlosaic
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Carrowntober, Co. Mayo