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School: Rooskey

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Roosky, Co. Mayo
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0115, Page 259

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    either, but a hole in the roof of the house, and which they called a smoke hole. They had not any wax candles then, but they had bog deal cut in long splinters and they called them bog deal candles. They had a bit of tin shaped in the form of the candle, to hold it up.
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    History Edit
    Topics
    1. objects
      1. man-made structures
        1. buildings
          1. residential buildings (~2,723)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Nora Mac Donagh
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Srah Lower, Co. Mayo
    Informant
    Pat Mac Donagh
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Srah Lower, Co. Mayo