School: Clochar na Trócaire, Baile Mathúna (roll number 3865)
- Location:
- Ballymahon, Co. Longford
- Teacher: Sr. M. Clement
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- (continued from previous page)with a turf fire for some hours. Then the fire was taken out, the ashes removed and some dry straw spread on the floor.
Then the person or persons crept in armed with two or three towels each. Then they undressed and kept the perspiration dried off with their towels.
After coming out a little whiskey might be used to prevent getting cold. A strange thing is nobody every did get cold and great numbers of people went there year after year until about 20 or 25 years ago. Then doctors and the sea side became popular.
- with a turf fire for some hours. Then the fire was taken out, the ashes removed and some dry straw spread on the floor.
Then the person or persons crept in armed with two or three towels each. Then they undressed and kept the perspiration dried off with their towels.
After coming out a little whiskey might be used to prevent getting cold. A strange thing is nobody every did get cold and great numbers of people went there year after year until about 20 or 25 years ago. Then doctors and the sea-side became popular.(continues on next page)
