School: Baile an Bhile (B.) (roll number 12195)
- Location:
- Ballinvilla Demesne, Co. Mayo
- Teacher: John F. Higgins
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- The houses long ago were roofed with with wood and scraws and straw. Th people thatched the house with straw when they threshed the oats out of it. There were no slated houses in olden times. There was a bed in the kitchen in the houses long ago. The bed was near the fire. The young children slept in that bed.(continues on next page)