School: Béal Átha Fhinghín (B.)
- Location:
- Ballineen, Co. Cork
- Teacher: Beircheart Seártan
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0311, Page 038
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- It was thought to be very mislucky to build a house across an old passage, or to trespass on the passage at all.
It was thought to be mislucky to use the wood of the whitethorn for anything except as firewood. But some people used to use it to make a tlú lín. The wood was hard. They used to make tuairghíns of it too. There was a man living west here at Shinagh Cross about eighty years ago. He was a carpenter. His name was Taidhgín Riabach - Crowley Riabach He built a house for himself there.(continues on next page)
