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School: Edengorra (roll number 9597)

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Edengora, Co. Meath
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Michael Hetherton
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    on their houses to prevent fowl from coming in and also for light and air.
    Turf was used as fuel and "shoves" and mill seeds for baking. As flaxmills were common long ago the people used to burn the inside of the flax (shoves). When it would be burned they would bake the bread on the gríosach. Mill seeds were used also.
    Rush candles were the only light they had at night.
    When renovating my house last year I found nineteen old coins wrapped in a handkerchief. They seem to be halfpence and pence dating back to the reigns of George III and George IV. They belong to the years 1799; 1806; 1807 etc etc. I also found a number of old clay pipes.
    Note * sgraith = a long grass sod
    Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.
    History Edit
    Topics
    1. objects
      1. man-made structures
        1. buildings
          1. residential buildings (~2,723)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Patrick Conlon
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Mullaghavally, Co. Meath
    Informant
    John Donegan
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Mullaghavally, Co. Meath