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School: Ballyburke (roll number 5125)

Location:
Béal Átha Búrc, Co. Mhaigh Eo
Teacher:
Micheál Ó Cheallaigh
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    coats. When they come into a house they say some prayers such as God bless the family & may the Lord have mercy on the dead. When a person gives them milk. They say God bless the cow. They go about in carts.
    Long ago a poor man used to go about the country selling delph. The people called him Fonty. He slept in someone's house at night & the people would gather at night to hear him tell stories
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    History Edit
    Topics
    1. gníomhairí (~1)
      1. daoine de réir aicme
        1. an lucht taistil (~3,023)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Anna Madden
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Coill an Díthreabha, Co. Mhaigh Eo
    Informant
    John Costello
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Coill an Díthreabha, Co. Mhaigh Eo