School: Caisleán Nua (C) (roll number 15772)
- Location:
- Newcastle, Co. Galway
- Teacher: Máire, Bean Uí Staic
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0079, Page 140
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- Those people of long ago did not thatch their houses as the people nowadays. They thatched them as the people nowadays thatch their hay-stacks with rows of ropes straight across their houses. They never used straw, it was always wild rushes. In those days there were no shops but few and I have heard of people who walked up to thirty miles for their necessaries.
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- Collector
- Gertrude Curran
- Gender
- Female
- Age
- 13
- Address
- Cappaghmoyle, Co. Galway
- Informant
- John Curran
- Relation
- Parent
- Gender
- Male
- Address
- Cappaghmoyle, Co. Galway
