School: Naomh Pádraig, Carrowmena (roll number 16787)
- Location:
- Carrowmenagh, Co. Donegal
- Teacher: Pádraig S. Ó Cathain
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 1118, Page 426
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- (continued from previous page)Boys are told that God will curse them if they rob birds' nests.
Some small birds pursue the cuckoo because it is said they are angry because they don't want her to go near their nests.
When birds are calling to each other they are supposed to be praising God and his works.
- Long ago most of the houses had thatched roofs and some slates ones. The thatch consisted of rushes got in the bog and the slates were bought in Derry. There was a bed in every kitchen. The bed was in the corner beside the kitchen fire and it as called 'the outshot bed'. The fireplace was always at the gable wall. The fireplace was built with stones and clashed with mortar. At the time of the evic-(continues on next page)
- Collector
- Mary Rose Breslin
- Gender
- Female
- Address
- Carrowblagh or Leckemy, Co. Donegal
- Informant
- Patrick Mac Conway
- Gender
- Male
- Age
- 83
- Address
- Carrowblagh or Leckemy, Co. Donegal
