School: Rosses's Point (roll number 12133)

Location:
Rosses Point, Co. Sligo
Teacher:
Seosamh Ó Raighne
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0158, Page 214

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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0158, Page 214

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    Topics
    1. objects
      1. man-made structures
        1. public infrastructure
          1. roads (~2,778)
      2. clothing and accessories (~2,403)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    E. Gillan
    Informant
    P. Gillan
  2. Corduroy trousers, coats with a lot of buttons in them, big brogues full of tacks. When you'd come to sixteen years, you would get a straw hat in the Sumer. Oat meal and Indian meal mixed for your breakfast. Tea was seldom used, when they were making it they would pour the water on the tea and then they would throw away the water and eat the tea leaves.
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