School: Cluain Tuirc (B.)

Location:: Cluain Torc, Co. Liatroma
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the corncrake shouts aloud it is a sign of rain and bad weather. It is said that when Our Lord was on mount Calvery that the robin went up to Him and that the drops of blood fell upon its breast. The Holy Ghost decended upon the Apostles in the form of a dove and sent down from the Ark to see if the water was gone off the earth.
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Rope-Making

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Rope Making
Long ago ropes were made out of horse hair and it was platted and waxed to make it and to keep it together. They used to make ropes for tying cows, cattle, horses.
Joe McGuire,
Cloonturk, Dromod,
Co. Leitrim
Aged 85 years.

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