School: Sraithín (roll number 12808)

Location:: Sraheen, Co. Mayo
Teacher:: Pádhraic Ó Croidhean

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gander is called the shed. When we are calling the geese we say badthy and when we are hunting them we say gé. The shed we have the geese in is made of timber.
Told by James Ormsby, Stone Park, Co. Mayo
Age: 60 yrs
Occupation: Farmer
Where born: Stonepark,
Where he spent his life:
In Ireland and Scotland.

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An Old Forge

There was a blacksmith in Stone Park once and his name was Feilim Mc. Donall. His father was not a blacksmith but he learned his trade off his Grand father Patrick Dixon. The forge was thatched. He used to shoes horses, asses, make cranes, put handles in spades and hay forks, make harrow pins and make tongs. He was a very good hand at putting shoes on horses and asses and making

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