School: Béal Átha Fhinghín (B.)

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   “It is often I spent a night working at the flax. Everyone in the house would have his own job...”

   

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   or of a ráistín_ that is of a dipped wick.

   At that time there was a weaver or two near every chapel. I remember to see four weavers in Inis Céin, four in Dunmanway, two in Castletown. My father-in-law was a weaver, and his brother too. Both worked in Dunmanway. They used to make diamonds and ornaments in the linen.

   

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2. A Song Sung to the Cow while Milking

   

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   Gabhann sé le saghas fuinn -

   
   Croidhe mo bhó-ín, croidhe mo stóirín, croidhe mo bhóín gleoite féin

   Mar geobhadh-sa leat go dtí an fhairsinge

   Mar gheobhadh-sa duit-se fairsinge

   Féar breagh taithneamhach

   Nú uisce bun carraige

   Feachant ciaca is mó thaithnfeadh leat

   Nú thabharfadh cun bainne thú

   le cabhair an eadartha

   Croidhe mo charadac do chroidhe-se féinig

   Croidhe mo bhóín croidhe mo stóirín, croidhe mo bhóín gloite féin

   Ó mar is ím í féin ar ndóín airiú 's is bhainne í le n ól

   Is solus í ar bhórd airiú 's leathair í cun bróg

   Is seineann a h-adharca ceol

   
   There is another verse which tells of the uses to which

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