School: Fahan (roll number 14479)
- Location:
- Fahan, Co. Donegal
- Teacher: Cáitlín L. Nig Uidhir
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 1109, Page 298
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- (continued from previous page)William Cochrane of Crislaghkeel thatched Miss Todd's house on rainy days, made ropes out of straw. They used them for keeping the thatch on the houses. There was a tanning yard at Bridgend. William McClelland of Tooban made cart wheels. Mick Longwell of the station used to fish for flounders. Tom McClelland made ploughs.
James Todd made gates and locks and fire cranes. Rose Kearney of Anneslea, Monreagh, used to spin and weave. Mr Boyd Bryce of Inch burns lime.
- These are the names of wild birds found in our district the robin, the sparrow, the crow, the thrush, the seagull, the greenlinnet, the blackbird, the swallow, the cuckoo, the wren and the willy wagtail. The cuckoo, the swallow and the corncrake migrate. The robin builds(continues on next page)
- Collector
- Betty Walker
- Gender
- Female
- Informant
- Mr Alex Platt
- Gender
- Male
- Age
- 65
- Occupation
- Gardener
- Address
- Fahan, Co. Donegal
