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School: Caitrín Naomhtha, Eachdhruim (roll number 14423)

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Aughrim, Co. Galway
Teacher:
Pádraig Ó Ceocháin
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0029, Page 0511

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    was scattered over the floor also.
    People had their own ways of having light. Bog-deal splinters were used. The bog-deal was got in bogholes. The candles were bought in the shop, and they were called "dips". Those candles were very big ones. A pound of candles cost eightpence, and sixteen of them were in a pound.
    (Annie Carroll,Fairfield)
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    In Ireland long ago, houses were unknown to people. They lived in caves and dug-outs. Later they built big banks of sods and covered them with long poles. Later on they found out the art of building. They got four pieces of timber and a fork on the end of each and put one standing at each corner. The uprights used to
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    Topics
    1. objects
      1. man-made structures
        1. buildings
          1. residential buildings (~2,723)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Maureen Mullen
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Newcastle, Co. Galway