School: Cluain Tuirc (C.)
- Location:
- Cloonturk, Co. Leitrim
- Teacher: Máire Ní Gharaidh
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- XML “Famine”
- XML “Fort”
- XML “Death Warning”
- XML “Sugar”
- XML “Bog”
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- I questioned Ed. Dornigan on the following heads : -
and the replies follow : -His father told him one of their fields was dug three times the same year for the chance of a remaining potato for food. - You are not logged in, but you are welcome to contribute a transcription anonymously. In this case, your IP address will be stored in the interest of quality control.By clicking the save button you agree that your contribution will be available under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International License and that a link to dúchas.ie is sufficient as attribution.
- Collector
- Máire Ní Gharaidh
- Gender
- Female
- Occupation
- Teacher
- Address
- Cloonturk, Co. Leitrim
- Informant
- Edward Dorrigan
- Gender
- Male
- Age
- 75
- Address
- Bellageeher, Co. Leitrim
- When one in the townland was dying the wail was heard as of several unseen criers usually between 11 and 12 pm. Clooncolligan and Aughnamona (upper Bornacoola) were quite accustomed to it then but not of late years. He himself once heard this wail.
- Sugar was part of the Christmas feast but people did not know the right uses for it as there was no tea etc. After Christmas it was left up behind a rafter and the melting sugar could be seen streaming down the walls
- A bog only grows an inch every 100 yrs. He came on a "Kesh" under a bog hole(continues on next page)