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School: Muine an Mheadha

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Monivea, Co. Galway
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Pádraic S. Ó hÓbáin
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0079, Page 041

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    “Long ago the people used to make mats of straw for the doors when the wind would be blowing.”

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    Long ago the people used to make mats of straw for the doors when the wind would be blowing. This is how they used to make the mats. They used to get straw and they used to call the handfulls "duils" and when they used to have them made they used to put them up on the doors for shelter.
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    History Edit
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Delia Moran
    Gender
    Female
    Informant
    Mrs Morrow
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Monivea Demesne, Co. Galway