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School: Gleann an Dúin - Prison (roll number 17042)

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Prison East, Co. Mayo
Teacher:
Máire A. Ní Dhocartaigh
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  1. Shops in Olden Times

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    Down in Cregg bog an old yank of the name of O'Gara kept a small shop. She used go around the village twice a week with loaves and tea and sugar in a shawl on her back selling them. She went by the name of "High Bread". She was about six feet tall.
    An old man also had a shop in Tavanaugh. He used to travel to Galway with a donkey for herring. There used to be a big market of herrings there. One day the herring sellers had a row. A priest came to stop the row
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    History Edit
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Patrick James Moran
    Gender
    Male
    Informant
    Mrs Kelly
    Gender
    Female
    Age
    70
    Address
    Cregg, Co. Mayo