School: Carra
- Location:
- Carha, Co. Mayo
- Teacher: P. Ó Tonra
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0128, Page 440
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- There was once a man who lived in Saltfield. His name was Anthony Roper. He had three daughters for a fortune. He gave them a pig and a rope each. There was an old man ninety years, he got married to a girl thirty in the station house. The priest told him he would not marry him unless he'd jump across a beesim and four sods of turf. He jumped the sods and got married. She lived with him a week and got all his money.
- Collector
- Kathleen Higgins
- Gender
- Female
- Informant
- John Jordan
- Gender
- Male
- Address
- Carha, Co. Mayo
- Long ago the women used to go from house to house with spinning wheels wich was called spinning camps. Every woman that had a daughter over eighteen years would bring them to card the wool. There was a prize for the best spinner and carder. The best spinner would get a pint of whiskey and the best carder a box of sweets. Everyone would get a equal amount of wool to spin and card for the day, and the first(continues on next page)
