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School: Enfield

Location:
Enfield, Co. Roscommon
Teacher:
Máiréad, Bean Uí Dhomhnaill
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0246, Page 028

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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0246, Page 028

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  1. How to Make a Straw Mat (continued)

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    got a few sheaves of oats and threshed them with a flail. Then they made thumb ropes of straw and plaited them in and out with some more twisted straw. Then they turned the ends of it in to make the mat look neat.
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  2. Riddles

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    Under the fire and over the fire and does not touch the fire? A cake in the oven?
    I went out the garden gate, I met my uncle Teddy. I cut off his head, and drank his blood and left his body easy?
    A bottle of Whiskey?
    What walks with its head down? Nails in your boot?
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  3. A Folk Tale

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    About forty years ago there lived in County Galway a man, He was coming home from rambling one night, It was very late. He met a man, dressed in black, and the latter stood before him and would not let him pass. He next throw the man in across the wall and out
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    Language
    English
    Collector
    John Farrell
    Gender
    Male
    Age
    13
    Address
    Knockalaghta (Wills), Co. Roscommon
    Informant
    James Farrell
    Gender
    Male
    Age
    54
    Address
    Knockalaghta (Wills), Co. Roscommon
    Informant
    John Callaghan
    Relation
    Parent
    Gender
    Male
    Age
    68
    Address
    Bohagh, Co. Roscommon