School: Bun an Fhionnghlaise (roll number 11454)
- Location:
- Bunnafinglas, Co. Mayo
- Teacher: P. Ó Maoláin
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0127, Page 80
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- A fire is very useful to the people. With it the people can cook their food and many other useful things can be done will it. A fire gives heat and light.Long ago the people used to have no other light than that of a fire except when they began to make tallow They used to sit around the fire and begin telling stories of the past in the warm fire-light in the winter timeThe people use wood and turf for fires. Bogdale is very good for burning The turf is cut in a bog The bank of turf is first cut in layers and thrown out on the ground which is called in the spread. The turf is cut with a turf spade or a loy.A loy is a kind of spade much like a turf-spade but there is no wing on it It is all made of wood except for a little bit of iron, which is(continues on next page)
