School: Sráid (C.) (roll number 14370)
- Location:
- Strade, Co. Mayo
- Teacher: Bean Uí Liodáin
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0124, Page 129
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- Long ago the people in olden times had no but long bits of sraiths. Some more people that used to have bigger farms than others used to share it between others. They used to give a cow or bullock to the person they would get the land from. The people used to build little huts for cattle for them. These little bits of land were called sraiths and the people fenced them with scraws and whins, and these fences were called mearings. The land they had before they got any land was soft muddy land called múiníns and garrdha dubhs. The most animals they used to keep(continues on next page)
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- Mary Mulroy
- Gender
- Female
