School: Morton St. Convent Nat. S. (roll number 12349)
- Location:
- Cluain Meala, Co. Thiobraid Árann
- Teacher: Miss Annie O' Dwyer
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- My daddy was telling me that in old times people used to get a ball of yarn and go to a quarry and tie the yarn to a bush and wind it off. Then at twelve in the night they used to go to where the yarn was and wind it up again and when they got to the quarry they would see their future husband.
Maura Hackett 20 Davis Road
Informant: Mr Patrick Hackett, parent
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- Collector
- Maggie Mc Namara
- Gender
- Female
- Informant
- Mrs Jenkins
- Relation
- Grandparent
- Gender
- Female
- Address
- Tiobraid Árann, Co. Thiobraid Árann
