School: Gort na Díogha (roll number 15587)
- Location:
- Gortnadeeve West, Co. Galway
- Teachers: Séamus Ó Dochartaigh Bean Uí Dhochartaigh
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0016, Page 112
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- (continued from previous page)a foot at the back and two in the front.
- Let it wear away as it came. Sometimes it used to take a long time, often three months. I saw children go along to school and stand and cough till you would think that they were worn out.
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“When the lamp-oil was first used it was the little ink-bottel that was in use.”
When lamp-oil was first used it was the little ink-bottle that was in use. A tin lid like the lid of a man's clay pipe was put on top and this held down the wick made of courdroy and coming up through a hole bored in the lid. There was no globe and when it burned the hous was at once full of smoke. It was awful. (no title)
“Ná bí ar leith aon dhuine coidhce”
"Don't depend on any body ever."