School: Coralstown (roll number 1314)
- Location:
- Correllstown, Co. Westmeath
- Teacher: P. Ó Beóláin
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- (continued from previous page)a dog is minding the gold. Every night the dog goes down to the old castle in the fields.
- About fifty years ago a man named Patrick Monaghan who lived in Killucan used to make churns and keelers and baskets and noggins for eating porridge out of. He also used to make wooden spoons.There was a man named John Mooney who used to make candles and baskets and go around from house to house selling them. On fair days he used to go to Killucan and sell them.
- Collector
- Margaret Whyte
- Gender
- Female
- Address
- Porterstown (Napper), Co. Westmeath
- Informant
- John Mc Cann
- Gender
- Male
- Address
- Porterstown (Napper), Co. Westmeath
- Until recent years matchmaking was a bit of a trade in Ireland. In every parish(continues on next page)
- Collector
- Brendan Cleary
- Gender
- Male
- Address
- Ballinla, Co. Westmeath
- Informant
- Thomas Cleary
- Gender
- Male
- Address
- Ballinla, Co. Westmeath