School: Gort na Díogha (roll number 15587)

Location:
Gortnadeeve West, Co. Galway
Teachers:
Séamus Ó Dochartaigh Bean Uí Dhochartaigh
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  1. Long ago the people used to grind meal in the houses. They had two flags about eighteen inches in diameter and about four inches thick
    and this was called a quern.
    Thos. Brennan said he never saw the quern but instead he saw the oats put in a pot and dried at the fire. Six or eight stone that was dried at a time. This pot was called "boskgeen pota." Then they brought the oats to the kiln to be ground.
    Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.
    Topics
    1. activities
      1. medical practice
        1. folk medicine (~11,815)
    2. agents (~1)
      1. supernatural and legendary beings (~14,864)
    3. products
      1. food products (~3,601)
    Language
    English
    Informant
    Thomas Brennan
    Gender
    Male
    Age
    91
    Address
    Knockmascahill, Co. Galway
    Informant
    Thomas Hegearty
    Gender
    Male
    Age
    67
    Address
    Gortnadeeve West, Co. Galway
  2. "Of the sixty-one diseases no one is as bad as to be too-soft."
    "Tá galra agus seacht fiche galra agus ní aon galra aca san is measa ná in tonteact. No disease of the seven x by twenty as bad as to be to easily led astray.
    Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.
    Topics
    1. genre
      1. verbal arts (~1,483)
        1. proverbs (~4,377)
    2. agents (~1)
      1. supernatural and legendary beings (~14,864)
    3. products
      1. food products (~3,601)
    Languages
    Irish
    English
    Informant
    Thomas Brennan
    Gender
    Male
    Age
    91
    Address
    Knockmascahill, Co. Galway