School: Baile an Doirín (C) (roll number 7552)
- Location:
- Ballinderreen, Co. Galway
- Teacher: Treasa Bean Uí Bheirn
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0033B, Page 02_035
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- (continued from previous page)a very tall man and when he was a young boy his elder sister called it to him as a fancy name.
Slaven. Michael Quinn, Newtown. When he was a small boy there was a famous boxer called "Slaven" fighting in New York and Michael used hear his parents talking about the boxer. He himself used to stand out in front of another boy and say "I'm Slaven".
Roper. Martin Lane, The Avenue, Tyrone, Whenever this man used to go spreading slits he would ask for a roper to hold the slits that is a "práiscín."
- Collector
- Kathleen Flannery
- Gender
- Female
- Informant
- John Flannery
- Gender
- Male
- Age
- 48
- Address
- Ballinderreen, Co. Galway
- Informant
- Michael Fahy
- Gender
- Male
- Age
- 78
- Address
- Cartron, Co. Galway
