School: Virginia (B)
- Location:
- Virginia, Co. Cavan
- Teacher: E. O' Reilly
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- It was considered unlucky to start business or work of any kind on a Saturday or to buy a cow or a horse on a Sunday.
- Collector
- Eamonn Mac Cabe
- Gender
- Male
- Address
- Lisnabantry, Co. Cavan
- Informant
- Patrick Mac Cabe
- Gender
- Male
- Address
- Lisnabantry, Co. Cavan
- Long ago there were no slated houses in this district. They were all thatched houses. The thatch was all clean. Mud walls is the kind of walls they had with a border of stones round the doors and windows. They had a great deal of trouble fixing the wood. The wood for the rafters was not pealed nor(continues on next page)