School: Colehill (B.), Mullingar (roll number 14672)
- Location:
- Colehill, Co. Longford
- Teacher: Peadar Ó Coigligh
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0750, Page 039
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- (continued from previous page)in this Parish called Mike Murtagh of Tashinny.
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- Collector
- Francis Lennon
- Gender
- Male
- When the old people had a house roofed and ready for thatching they would sheet the roof with bog scraws. Then they would cut sedge or rushes to put underneath to save the straw.(continues on next page)