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   Folklore 11 AD 1938 Old Roads Long long ago there was tar roads only sand roads and paths through the fields. The way they used to go to school was through the fields. There was not much work that time. The men had to work making porshes. The people had to dig the ground with spades and shovels. In famine time there was no ploughs only spades and shovels. Then when the men used to go working the women had to do the men's work. They had to dig the ground instead of ploughing. The men had to work very hard to make a living. The men and women used to get eight pence and six pence and

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   Topics

   1. objects
      1. man-made structures
         1. public infrastructure
            1. roads (~2,778)

   Language

   English

   Collector

   Kate Kelly

   Gender

   Female

   Address

   Beagh, Co. Galway

   Informant

   Mrs Kelly

   Relation

   Unknown

   Gender

   Female

   Address

   Beagh, Co. Galway