School: Leitre (roll number 16164)

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1. Lucht Siúil (continued)

   

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   then he used to get up early and go offf to mass.

   

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2. Luibheanna agus Craobhanna

   

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   The people bring a lot of things into the house on certain days of the year. The branches they bring in are. They bring in holly for Christmas and sometimes laurel. They bring in Blessed Palm on Palm Sunday. On Whit Sunday they bring a bottle of Holy Water home from the Chapel. There is a Blessed Well near this school. Long ago the people used to come to this well for Holy Water. They used to wash their eyes in it also. It is called "Tobar na Suil"

   

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3. Tithe na Seanaimsire

   

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   Long ago the houses were not very large like they are nowadays. There was only two rooms and a kitchen in every house. Some people used to make the place of a bed out from the side wall of the house in the olden times. That was mostly done in County Mayo. All the houses long ago used

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   Topics

   1. objects
      1. man-made structures
         1. buildings
            1. residential buildings (~2,723)

   Language

   English

   Collector

   Nora Feeney

   Gender

   Female

   Address

   Lettera, Co. Galway

   Informant

   Mrs M. Feeney

   Relation

   Unknown

   Gender

   Female

   Address

   Lettera, Co. Galway