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School: Myshall (C.)

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Myshall, Co. Carlow
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Bean Uí Mhaoláin
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0910, Page 257

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    sheaf and tie it, and thresh the corn by beating it against a stone to get all the grain, and in late years they used to beat it with a flail. Wheaten bread used to be made on a griaison [?]. Some people used to light their pipes by bringing a sod of turf to the field, and keeping it burning all day. In old times they had no pipes except chalk and clay pipes. Candle-sticks were made of wood, with a hole bored down in the wood. People used to make egg-cups out of wood, and bore a hole down in them the shape of the egg, and leave the egg down in it.
    Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.
    History Edit
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Mary O' Neill
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Bealalaw, Co. Carlow
    Informant
    B.J. O' Neill
    Gender
    Unknown
    Address
    Bealalaw, Co. Carlow