School: Dún Beag (C.)
- Location:
- Doonbeg, Co. Clare
- Teachers: Eibhlín Ní Shúilleabháin Bean an Ághasaigh
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0626, Page 359
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- (continued from previous page)used to bring the clothes to a pond or the river and keep slashing them with a bittle until they would be clean and then leave them out under the dew for a few days to bleach.
- Women long ago used to have a roll of cloth on the tops of their heads to carry their buckets of water on the tops of their heads or milk.
- Tuesdays and Sundays were lucky days to get married and Friday was an unlucky day.
