About 96 years ago there was a great famine in Ireland. The potatoes and all the crops rotted. The people were starving and dying with the hunger.
INFORMANT: Mr Ruane, Age 48, Tawnagh More, Co. Mayo
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My home district is in the Parish of Straide the Barony of Gallen the town land of Tabhanachmóre Co;Mayo.
COLLECTOR: Margaret Ruane, Tawnagh More, Co. Mayo
One day the man of the house caught a bird.
INFORMANT: William Ruane, Age 50, Tawnagh More, Co. Mayo
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Paddie Gallagher taught a hedge School which was in the village of Loughill, in the parish of Straide, Co; Mayo, about eighty years ago.
INFORMANT: John Murphy, Age 50, Tawnagh More, Co. Mayo
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About one hundred years ago there was a ship going from Ireland to some-other foreign countries
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Swinging, A jump, Winkers: -
When playing winkers one person must stand in each of the four corners of the house and another in the middle.
Margaret Ruane Tawnagh More, Co. Mayo
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Predict the weather from these great tips
INFORMANT: William Ruane, Age 48, Tawnagh More, Co. Mayo
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One night as he was returning home later than usual, he met a man whom he did not know. The stranger asked Seán would he have a game of cards with him.
-Thomas Kearns, Age 80, Tawnagh More, Co. Mayo
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Just at the end of Mr Duffy's land in the town-land of......
INFORMANT: Mr Duffy, Age 50, Tawnagh More, Co. Mayo
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