School: Gurrane (C.) (roll number 14840)

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1. An Gandal (continued)

   

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   'S is boaghlach dá dhruim go n-éagfad.

   Gur a' madra i bpéin é treasgartha faon, lag
   Eascaine géana an domhain air
   A theanga 'na bhéal go scapaidh 'na chraos
   N'a anghaid go gcaochtar dall é.
   Mar bharr ar a thiubaist é thuitim sa teine
   Go loisgtear a fhiona's a drandal
   Gach cnámh leis a mhille do chrádhfadh é tuille
   Ar bhás chuige i n-uireasba an snámhaire

   

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2. Old Times

   

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   Long ago the people wore no shoes. About sixty years ago the people had a pair of shoes for going to Mass and to town. If the Sunday was wet they would not put their shoes until they went near the Church gate. Some people wore no shoes going to Mass and the children did not wear them summer or winter. The boys wore flannel petticoats and dresses going to school until they were nine or ten years of age and then they got a pants. The men wore flannel wrappers and courdroy breeches

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   Language

   English

   Collector

   Kathleen Riordan

   Gender

   Female

   Address

   Carrigaphooca, Co. Cork