School: Scoil N. Comáin, Hollymount
- Location:
- Hollymount Demesne, Co. Mayo
- Teacher: Donncha Ó Riain
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0105, Page 249
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- (continued from previous page)went up in the cow's "Ladhar" (slit in hoof) when the cow was going out a gap. If she happened to take some of this dirt from any cow's track, the women would be able to steal the milk from the cow, that she stole the laitheach and ladair from.
- Dances were always held in a barn The music always was by a piper We used to have great dances in Jack Lally's barn, Knocaganny The young lads thought it a great honour to be allowed to carry the pipes for the piper We used to play 1/2d a tune.
- The main food when I was a boy was potatoes. they were boiled in a pot. then they were thrown out on a skib to strain them. The old people held there was great virtue in the potato-water for washing your feet in if you had a cold.
we had no knives to peel the potatoes we took the skin off with our fingers. we drank milk, usually butter milk(continues on next page) - Collector
- Donnchadh Ó Riain
- Gender
- Male
- Occupation
- Múinteoir
- Address
- Rahard, Co. Mayo
- Informant
- John Merrick
- Gender
- Male
- Age
- 85
- Occupation
- Farmer
- Address
- Hollymount Demesne, Co. Mayo
