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   “Every other household in olden times had a trade or craft which they worked at.”

   

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   layer of turf when filled with turf and stones it was plastered outside with mud. It was then set on fire at the bottom the fire worked its way up to the top after about two days it was burned and filled with lime
   Tom Murphy Bornacor was a great thatcher Joan Kelly Barnacor

   

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   “It is said there was Mass said at St Martins well in Fermoyle and the rock is there yet...”

   

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   The following account of The Penal times was told by Mr John Gibbons Clonflower Lanesboro Co Longford It is said there was Mass said at St Martins well in Fermoyle and the rock is there yet and in Fermoyle also there is a bush and it always keeps green It will be green at Christmas and it is said there was Mass said at it Another story is told about a man was

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   Language

   English

   Collector

   Betty Gibbons

   Gender

   Female

   Address

   Cloonfore, Co. Longford

   Informant

   Mr John Gibbons

   Gender

   Male

   Age

   64

   Address

   Cloonfore, Co. Longford