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School: Derryvoney

Location:
Derryvony, Co. Cavan
Teacher:
Mary Ní Néill
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0970, Page 096

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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0970, Page 096

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  1. Old Crafts (continued)

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    3. The plough were made of Iron they used to put some of them together with nails and others with rivets and some of them with blocks.
    4. The way some of the houses were thatched long ago were with bushes thrown over the roof and rushes and sods on the top of that. There was a hole in the roof which did for a chimney through which the smoke used to come.
    5. Fire cranes. Some of them were made of shoeings of carts and they were put together in the local forges. There were two or more crooks for hanging pots and ovens on them.
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  2. Local Marriage Customs

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    Topics
    1. activities
      1. social activities (~7)
        1. rites of passage (~573)
          1. marriage (~4,283)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Kathleen Reilly
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Derryvony, Co. Cavan
    Informant
    Mrs Reilly
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Derryvony, Co. Cavan