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 149

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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0016, Page 149

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  3. XML “Poem from Tom Brennan”
  4. XML “Beoir ar Bharr an Rí”
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  1. Beór ar bhárr an Ríogh = heather the same as Bhfreach=meaning heath or heather "Tá beor ar (top of heather). The Danes had the secret of how this was to be used. A father and son lived together and they had the secret of how to use it. When the people used to ask them for the method the old fellow said he would give the secret to them if they would kill the son. So they killed the son, and then he asked them to kill himself, and the secret died with him. The father thought if they killed himself first the son would split on him and give away the secret.
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    It is not right to let fire or milk out of a house, especially milk without water...

    It is not right to let fire or milk out of a house, especially milk without water and every time throughout the
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    Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.
    Topics
    1. activities
      1. economic activities
        1. agriculture (~2,659)
    2. events
      1. events (by time of year) (~11,476)
    Language
    English
    Informant
    Martin Connell
    Gender
    Male
    Age
    70
    Address
    Clooncullaun, Co. Galway