School: Drumandoora N.S. (roll number 12123)
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- Teachers: Liam Mac Aodhaire Liam Airley
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7th April 1938
Folklore
Long ago when the old people were measuring any kind of crops such as potatoes, turnips,mangolds wheat they uses an as and baskets for measuring potatoes a basaketfull was counted as one cwt-weight and four big bucketfulls filled a basket.
And a creel weighed a ton .When measuring milk or water long ago the old people said a cupfull was a halfpint and two cupfulls one pint.When the people made coats of their own long(continues on next page)- Collector
- Bridie Woods
- Gender
- Female
- Address
- Fahy, Co. Clare
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- Mr John Woods
- Gender
- Male
- Address
- Fahy, Co. Clare