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School: Naomh Pádraig

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Killala, Co. Mayo
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0142, Page 282

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    quench them. They got frightened and started off home and when they reached home they burst into the house.
    Now the way of closing doors at that time was to put a wooden bar across on the inside and the lads father used to go to bed before they came in and instead of barring the door he would wedge a spade between the door and the dresser which was nearby.
    This night when the lads burst in they knocked the dresser and all its illwon delph flying all over the floor.
    Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.
    History Edit
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Ruth Campbell
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Killala, Co. Mayo
    Informant
    Tom Flemming
    Relation
    Unknown
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Killala, Co. Mayo