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School: Caisleán Nua (C) (roll number 15772)

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Newcastle, Co. Galway
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Máire, Bean Uí Staic
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0079, Page 245

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    The people used to make straw mats out of straw as large as one of the kitchen doors, and that mat would be placed inside the door any night a storm would arise so as to keep out the wind and make the house comfortable. There are people in this parish still able to make these mats.
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