School: Béal Átha Gearr
- Location:
- Ballygar, Co. Galway
- Teacher: Labhrás Ó Síoráin
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- (continued from previous page)courts as it was the belief of everybody that he should be heavily fined but when the Justice asked Tom why he went in or what purpose he had of timber, He said that he had a very large family and when his wife used to be making the porridge for the children she used to go in the loft and have a stick as long as a fishing rod to stir the porridge when boiling as it used to splash all over the kitchen and the children should be locked in the room until the pot should be off the fire. So the Justice did not fine Tom at all as he said everybody (try) tries to avoid burns and he let Tom off with a caution
- Collector
- Suibhean Ní Ghíollaraidhe
- Gender
- Female
- Age
- 14
- Address
- Drinaun, Co. Galway
