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School: Dubhgharrdha (roll number 14894)

Location:
Doogary, Co. Mayo
Teacher:
Seán S. Ó Flannagáin
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0112, Page 6

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    The roads were very bad in the Famine times. The people had to carry gravel on donkey and "clíabs" from sandpits to the roads. The girls had hand barrows for carrying sand too. Others had mules and "párdógs" and bog deal straddles. They had bog deal ropes too and they would last a long time for ploughing. The girls used to wear "threkeens" and they used to wear shawls and petticouts round their waist when they were getting married.
    Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.
    History Edit
    Topics
    1. time
      1. historical periods by name (~25)
        1. the great famine (~4,013)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Agnes Kenny
    Gender
    Female
    Informant
    Mr J. Burke
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Cloghvoley, Co. Mayo