School: Teampall Mhuire
- Location:
- Carbad Beg, Co. Mayo
- Teacher: Eithne, Bean Uí Mhaonghaille
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0143, Page 451
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- (continued from previous page)together near a high fence or ditch, when there is a storm. The sheep gather in a group for to keep them selves warm.
- In Summer when the midges gather in large numbers over your head, the people say that it is a sign of rain. The snails start creeping away through the fields.
- Long ago the people used wooden ploughs and harrows. The socks, coulters and mould plates were made of iorn and the rest of them, were made of wood. It is about sixty years since these ploughs were in use.(continues on next page)
