School: Lankill (roll number 16904)
- Location:
- Lankill, Co. Mayo
- Teacher: Seán Ó Cibhil
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0137F, Page 05_080
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- There was a man one time who was very poor. At that time they used to go to the sea-shore for rack to put out on the land as manure. Everybody used to go to the sea-shore with their asses for a load of the rack. And they used to put it out on the land as manure. They said it was the best for the land. Everybody around the place where that man lived had their rack brought from the sea-shore and put out on the land. This man however had only a few loads of rack brought from the shore and it was getting late(continues on next page)
- Collector
- Mary Keane
- Gender
- Female
- Address
- Ballinlough, Co. Mayo
- Informant
- Mr Hugh Keane
- Gender
- Male
- Address
- Ballinlough, Co. Mayo
