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School: Cill Bheacáin (B.) (roll number 13659)

Location:
Bekan, Co. Mayo
Teacher:
P.S. Mac Donnchadha
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0109, Page 476

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    some men visiting. It was a windy night. One of the men lit his pipe when he was leaving. He kept the lighted paper on the pipe until he went outside the door. He then threw the paper away and thought it would quench but instead of that the wind brought it up to the roof. It was thatch and it went in a blaze immediately.
    The man got buckets of water and tried to quench the flame but did not succeed to quench until the roof was all burned. The man that burned it had to compensate the owner
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    History Edit
    Topics
    1. events
      1. hardship (~1,565)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Luke Cunnane
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Bekan, Co. Mayo