School: Cor Bealaigh

Location:
Corbally, Co. Sligo
Teacher:
Pádhraic Ó Marcacháin
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    hold sugar or anything else.
    They had the manure-pit very near the door of the house.
    Each farmer had a small piece of land and it was hard for him to live. The landlords had nicer houses. They had beds called fourposter beds.
    The people have better houses now. They are built with cement and stones. They get a grant from the government of eighty pounds. The stones and sand are in their land. They would not want to put much along with the eighty pounds until they would have a new slated house.
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