School: Gortlitreach (roll number 15960)

Location:
Gortletteragh, Co. Leitrim
Teacher:
Seosamh Mac Cionnaith
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0220, Page 008

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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0220, Page 008

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    I had nothing to tie it with only a briar and every year there grew 5000 packs of wool and 5000 bushels of berries. "You are a liar, you are a liar". says a fisherman "I can stand you no longer. Then the fisherman was burned and the old man liberated.
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  2. Long ago when people wanted to get married they would get some old man to make the match. The old man would go the house where the[?] would be a girl, and he would tell her that there was a man who wanted to get married. If
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    Topics
    1. activities
      1. social activities (~7)
        1. rites of passage (~573)
          1. marriage (~4,283)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Clare Murray
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Gortletteragh, Co. Leitrim
    Informant
    John Murray
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Gortletteragh, Co. Leitrim