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1. Folklore - Roads

   

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   Folklore 19:10:38 Roads Long ago there was not many road only foot paths. The way the child went to school was across the mountain. The short cuts were to follow the foot paths. The men used to make porshes. They used only get five pence and seven pence a day. And when the men used to go working the women had to do the men's work. There was a foot path through John Regan's field. Teller: Mrs Mary Mannion Flaskagh Writer: Josephine Mannion Flaskagh

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   Topics

   1. objects
      1. man-made structures
         1. public infrastructure
            1. roads (~2,778)

   Language

   English

   Collector

   Josephine Mannion

   Gender

   Female

   Address

   Flaskagh More, Co. Galway

   Informant

   Mrs Mary Mannion

   Relation

   Unknown

   Gender

   Female

   Address

   Flaskagh More, Co. Galway

2. Folklore

   

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   Folklore 19-10-1938

   There is a holy well below Ballyinlough in a place called Loughglin. Some of the people bring a drink of water with them and more of them drink it at the well. The people leave beeds (beads) and middles (medals) near the well. There

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