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School: Manulla (roll number 14544)

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Manulla, Co. Mayo
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Seán Mac an Adhastair
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0095, Page 281

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  1. Old Houses (continued)

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    and it was a seat in the day and a bed at night. There was no glass in the windows but they used to put sheep skins in the windows instead. If people had no turf they would bring in the cow and she would keep the house warm with her breath. Sometimes they built mud cabins when they had no money to build a right one. When the soldiers were going arount[d] they built mud cabins. Michael Armstrong, Skiddernagh, Manulla, (50) James Armstrong
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  2. A Prayer

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    Topics
    1. genre
      1. verbal arts (~1,483)
        1. prayers (~3,266)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Patrick Masterson
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Manulla, Co. Mayo
    Informant
    Patrick Masterson
    Gender
    Male
    Age
    40
    Address
    Manulla, Co. Mayo