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School: Cor Bealaigh

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Corbally, Co. Sligo
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Pádhraic Ó Marcacháin
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0163, Page 117

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  1. Meitheals (continued)

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    talking about them and have them ashamed of themselves.
    If there was a poor old widow in the district the neighbours would come and cut the oats, wheat and barley for her and dig her potatoes and threash her oats, wheat and barley for her.
    Always when the day's work would be done they would get their supper in her house and they would get some whiskey after the supper. Then they would have a dance. They would have plenty of fun and merriment and then they would go home.
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  2. Corn and Oats

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    Topics
    1. activities
      1. economic activities
        1. agriculture (~2,659)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Margurite Barrins
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Emlymoran, Co. Sligo
    Informant
    Mr John Foody
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Emlymoran, Co. Sligo