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School: Gortaveha (roll number 16488)

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Gortaveha, Co. Clare
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P. Wiley
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0592E, Page 07_014

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    open the sheave and make a cock of it.Ten they would gather it up into bags and when a windy day would come they would go out on the hill with it and hold up a panful of it and hold up the pan a little and the wind would blow away the sops then it would be clean.
    Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.
    History Edit
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Julia Corry
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Derryfadda, Co. Clare
    Informant
    Thomas Corry
    Gender
    Male
    Age
    60
    Address
    Derryfadda, Co. Clare