School: Faithche (Buachaillí)
- Location:
- Fahy More, Co. Mayo
- Teacher: Mícheál Ó Cinnéide
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0087, Page 405
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- (continued from previous page)the fire was in the middle of the floor. When you went into the houses you could slide down to the fire, the floors were so slanted, and going up to the room there were two steps.
The bottom of a bottle was used for the windows, because they were afraid the Land-Lord would raise the rent on them. The stuff that was used for the fire was called dhogeogs.
- My father told me that there was a man living two, or three miles outside Castlebar and every day, and he used to get drunk. He used to bring a little mule, and card with him. One(continues on next page)
- Collector
- Nellie Mc Donnell
- Gender
- Female
- Address
- Slinaun, Co. Mayo
- Informant
- John Mc Donnell
- Relation
- Parent
- Gender
- Male
- Address
- Slinaun, Co. Mayo
