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School: Teampall Mhuire

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Carbad Beg, Co. Mayo
Teacher:
Eithne, Bean Uí Mhaonghaille
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0144, Page 526

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  1. Wooden Ploughs (continued)

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    and walked with him into Killala or Ballycastle or their convenient twons. In May they usually started to prepare the land in these days. When the potatoes were fit for digging they used láides which were made by the smiths.
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  2. Deaths

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    When the people used to die long ago. They used to have wakes like they have now. They used not put brown Habits on the dead person but white and they had two wakers on them. The used not
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    Topics
    1. activities
      1. social activities (~7)
        1. rites of passage (~573)
          1. death (~1,076)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Peg O' Reilly
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Tooreen, Co. Mayo
    Informant
    John O' Reilly
    Relation
    Unknown
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Tooreen, Co. Mayo