School: Stravicnabo
- Location:
- Stravicnabo, Co. an Chabháin
- Teacher: Michael Kelly
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- In olden times the Landlord lived at Castle Welling County Down and his name was "Lord Angley. This Landlord had a baliff working for him who name was Gilroy. This Landlord was very sever with the collection of the rent. He sent his baliff to each house on his estate each "November" with a fourteen days notice of each years rent.
- Collector
- Kathleen Donohoe
- Gender
- Female
- Informant
- Patrick Donohoe
- Relation
- Grandparent
- Gender
- Male
- Age
- 82
- Long ago the furniture was not the same as they are now. The beds used in olden times were all wooden beds. With four posts a certain height and covered on top with boards. Those boards were called "Tasters" and it was trimmed with check curtains. In that time also the people were too poor to buy lampoil what they did was(continues on next page)
