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School: Muine Chonalláin (C.)

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Bunnyconnellan, Co. Mayo
Teacher:
M. Ní Lochnáin
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0128, Page 231

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    Up to about fifty or sixty years ago it was a very rare thing to see brushes for sweeping floors in any of the houses in this district.
    People used people besoms instead. These besoms were made of heather. The young girls used to gather (together and gather) the heather on a little hill called Suidh-Finn. The longest of this was selected and tied with a string.
    Up to the present day some of those are still to be seen in some houses especially near the mountain.
    Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.
    History Edit
    Topics
    1. objects
      1. man-made structures
        1. buildings
          1. residential buildings (~2,723)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Nora Kelly
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Bunnyconnellan East, Co. Mayo
    Informant
    Mary Cowley
    Gender
    Female
    Age
    80
    Address
    Bunnyconnellan East, Co. Mayo