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School: Ferbane (Convent)

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Ferbane, Co. Offaly
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Sr Patrick
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0814, Page 056

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    Part of the bog of Allen is in this parish. Bogs were forest where the trees were cut down and the butts of them rotted. It is a marshy place. Heather, moss, bog cotton, rushes and heath grow there. "Beesoms" are made from heath.
    The fire is the life of the home as without it there can be nothing done, and without the turf there can be no fire. Of course there is coal to be got but coal is no good in a country grate. It is very expensive whereas every house has a turf bank and the men of the house can cut it and save it themselves. On this account there should be a lot
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    History Edit
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Peggy Egan
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Coolnahinch, Co. Offaly
    Informant
    Edward Egan
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Coolnahinch, Co. Offaly