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School: Sráid (C.) (roll number 14370)

Location:
Strade, Co. Mayo
Teacher:
Bean Uí Liodáin
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0124, Page 15

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    Long ago there used to be very big fairs in Straid. There used to be a lot of tents and stalls in it and pots of potatoes and beef used to be boiled and you could get your dinner at one o'clock. About a week before the fair every man used to cut a black thorn stick and put it in the chimney seasoning for the fight on the fair day. In the evening some two townslands would have a fight. Some of them were so badly wounded as they had to be carried home. There was a man once and he got a blow on the head and he died in a quarter of an hour.
    Long ago there was a very big storm called the big wind. There was a lot of houses shaken and
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    History Edit
    Topics
    1. time
      1. historical periods by name (~25)
        1. the great famine (~4,013)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Máire Ní Maolruaidh
    Gender
    Female