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School: Ballyglass (roll number 14642)

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Ballyglass West, Co. Galway
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0036D, Page 03_018

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  1. The Long Black Hand (continued)

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  2. About Old Houses

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    The old houses were thatched long ago and there was hardly any one slated
    The thatch was got from wheaten or oaten straw and sometimes when they had no straw they used to get rushes and they used to get the slates from England by stealth but no
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