School: Baile na Martra (C.) (roll number 13651)
- Location:
- Baile na Martra, Co. Chorcaí
- Teacher: Mary J. Fitzsimmons
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- (continued from previous page)Till we pass beyond the chiming
To the realms surpassing fair.
M G
April 28th 1912 - The houses in olden times were not as up to-date as they are now. The majority of them were thatched with wheaten straw. The wheaten straw was called reed. It was thrashed with a flail. If properly put up this roof last for thirty years. The houses along the sea coast used to be thatched with burroch.(continues on next page)