School: Baile na Martra (C.) (roll number 13651)

Location:
Baile na Martra, Co. Chorcaí
Teacher:
Mary J. Fitzsimmons
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0396, Page 208

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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0396, Page 208

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  1. 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.
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