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School: Drumlease (roll number 15382)

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Drumlease, Co. Leitrim
Teacher:
Tomás Diolún
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0201, Page 149

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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0201, Page 149

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    ancestors. In the middle of this district there are four crossroads and on the side of the road there are flat stones which the people sit on. These stones are there about a hundred years.
    It was the old people who put these there when they used to come after their day's work every evening to smoke and chat. The young people of the district still carry out the same custom. In Summer and Autumn the young people gather in crowds to pitch and toss. Every Sunday night the people lit a big fire and some one brings a fiddle with him and they dance and sing
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    History Edit
    Topics
    1. time
      1. historical periods by name (~25)
        1. penal times (~4,335)
    2. objects
      1. man-made structures
        1. historical and commemorative structures (~6,794)
    3. place-space-environment
      1. local lore, place-lore (~10,595)
    Language
    English
    Location
    Ardakip More, Co. Leitrim
    Collector
    May Gillen
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Ardakip More, Co. Leitrim
    Informant
    James Keegan
    Gender
    Male