School: Carra
- Location:
- Carha, Co. Mayo
- Teacher: P. Ó Tonra
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0128, Page 420
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- (continued from previous page)to have rain, the sky is of a black colour. When a lot of flies are biting you its the sign of a storm. When soot is falling its the sign of rain. When a sod of turf falls from the fire its the sign of someone coming in. When the river is roaring near a plank its the sign of a storm. When the mountains looks near its the sign of rain.
- Martin Dempsey was the name of a teacher born in Dooeighney many years ago. He taught the children of Cloontia about fifty years ago. He had very poor accommodation for teaching as he had only a barn. The ruins still remain in a field near our home. He had not the use of his right hand so he always wrote with his left. He right foot was also of a round shape. The men of the village set up a few benches for the use of the children. The teacher had a rough seat made from a block of(continues on next page)
- Collector
- Brita Gillard
- Gender
- Female
- Address
- Cloonta, Co. Mayo
