School: Mantua (roll number 2327)
- Location:
- An Móinteach, Co. Ros Comáin
- Teacher: Pádraig Ó Beirn
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- (continued from previous page)dressed as a girl and another as a captain. The girl dances with the groom and the captain with the bride. Some people entertain the straw-boys but others give them money because they count it unlucky to entertain them.
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- Collector
- Liam Mc Gann
- Gender
- Male
- Informant
- Mr Patrick Sharkey
- Gender
- Male
- Age
- 88
- Occupation
- Farmer
- Address
- Breac-chluain, Co. Ros Comáin
- Mr Joseph Feely owns the folowing fields:-Barr Creeha
Sugar field
Turlough
Creagh
Regan's field
Near the school there is a field called Noone's field, and another called, the Duck.In the townland of Corrigeen we have Gurteen, An Ranach and Anach.
In Brackloon we have An Foidín Marbh, and the Curragh.In Cloonkerin there is a field known as Measfaddies. - Crow
Pigeon
Magpie
Pheasant
Robin
Wren
Sparrow
Thrush
Blackbird
Stare
Cuckoo
Swallow
Corncrake
Carrion Crow
Hawk
Green Linnet
Bullfinch
Chaffinch
Hawfinch
Goldfinch
Yellow hammer
Stonechatter
Wagtail
Tomtit
Jay.(continues on next page)