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School: Manorvaughan (roll number 10507)

Location:
Rawros, Co. Donegal
Teacher:
Mary E. Alcorn
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 1078, Page 143

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    living by himself and he was a little bit silly.
    When he would get a loaf or any thing like that he would get a bag and put them into it and tie the mouth of the bag. He then put the bag on a big hook in the roof, so that no cat or dog could reach it.
    They used fir as a light long ago.
    They put the fir in a hole in the wall and when it was burned out they put in another plank.
    Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.
    History Edit
    Topics
    1. objects
      1. man-made structures
        1. buildings
          1. residential buildings (~2,723)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Cyril Hall
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Aghalatty, Co. Donegal
    Informant
    Thomas Hall
    Gender
    Male
    Age
    72
    Address
    Aghalatty, Co. Donegal