School: Carrowreagh (roll number 16884)
- Location:
- Carrowreagh, Co. Donegal
- Teacher: Annie Davidson
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 1109, Page 145
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- (continued from previous page)put what ever tea as left in a hole in the wall. It is more than 100 years since tea came into this district
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“An old age pensioner Mr John Roulston of Rookery, Bonemaine, Bridge End, Co Donegal, now 76 years of age, remembers the time when the tea was so scarce that his parents (the old people) only got it at stated times (ie at Christmas, Easter, or on some spec”
An old age pensioner Mr. John Roulston of Rookery, Bonemaine, Bridge-End, Co. Donegal, now 76 years of age, remembers the time when the tea was so scarce that his parents (the old people) only got it at stated times (ie at Christmas, Easter, or on some special occasion) He is now 76 years of age.
His brother James Roulston about 83 years old, remembers hearing of the corn being all reaped with hooks or sickles. - Informant
- Mrs Canning
- Gender
- Female
- Address
- Carrowreagh, Co. Donegal
