School: Lanesboro (roll number 13320)
- Location:
- Lanesborough, Co. Longford
- Teacher: E. Ó Reachtagáin
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- (continued from previous page)knitting. Then they knit socks and stockings.
There is one spinning wheel in our townsland. Black clothes are worn when people belonging to the family die. Green is worn on St Patricks day. Blue is worn on the Blessed Virgin's day. The people wear white at weddings and also blue and brown. - In the town of Longford fairs are held on the market square. In Lanesboro they are held on the village green and on the street. Buyers used to perform business in the country. Nowadays men with lorries call on some houses and buy pigs. There used to be a(continues on next page)
- In the town of Longford fairs are held on the market square. In Lanesboro they are held on the village green and on the street. Buyers used to perform business in the country. Nowadays men with lorries call on some houses and buy pigs. There used to be a(continues on next page)
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- Collector
- Joan Kelly
- Gender
- Female
- Address
- Barnacor, Co. Longford
- Informant
- Mr William Murphy
- Gender
- Male
- Age
- 36
- Address
- Barnacor, Co. Longford