School: Gort na Díogha (roll number 15587)
- Location:
- Gort na dTíobh Thiar, Co. na Gaillimhe
- Teachers: Séamus Ó Dochartaigh Bean Uí Dhochartaigh
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0016, Page 070f
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You are not logged in, but you are welcome to contribute a transcription anonymously. In this case, your IP address will be stored in the interest of quality control.By clicking the save button you agree that your contribution will be available under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International License and that a link to dúchas.ie is sufficient as attribution. - Long ago the cow and the ass were tied within in the house. The ducks under and dresser, and the cock and hens on the loft. My father said that in those days people were far healthier and lived much longer than they do now.
- Ordinary people drank from the noggin and the rich drank from Methes.
- Scrape the black off the pot or the kettle put a little water through it and rub it on the shoes. Others say get a wisp of straw and blacken it in the fire then rub it on the shoes.
- The people long ago used to spray with heath brooms and dig with the handle of a broom or a strong stick.
They used to hide potatoes in manure heaps lest the neighbours would steal them, as hunger had driven the people to steal.(continues on next page)
