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School: Sliabh an Mhadra (C.)

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Slievawaddra, Co. Kerry
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Eibhlín Ní Chearbhaill
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0416, Page 274

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    end placed on top of the bank and reaching out over the cliff. The other end was made firm in the ground inside the bank. The rope was put on the pulley and let down to men who were below in the strand.
    They had guddáns for to fill the sea weed.
    Those were made of roping and there was a hook at the end of the rope and an eye in the guddán so when the guddán would be filled the eye was put into the hook and a signal given to the men on top the horse would move in a straight line so when the guddán would reach
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    History Edit
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Peggy O' Neill
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Causeway, Co. Kerry
    Informant
    William Casey
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Sheepwalk, Co. Kerry