School: Naomh Seosamh, Baile an Ruadháin (roll number 15829)

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1. Old School

   

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   There was an old school in Costello's house in Skehana in a part something like a barn. My grandfather was taught by an old school master named Kelly. He was a stranger. He was lodging in a little house beside the school. He was paid a penny a week and got presents for Xmas.
   My grandfather went there and learned to read a little. The children read from books kept in school, and wrote on slates in forms. The knelt on the floor to write. He taught reading, writing and Arithmetic. The master sat on a high desk.
   If a boy or girl continued to go to school, they were considered to get a good education there.

   Lios of The daughters
   There was a man long ago living in this lios, who had seven daughters. He hated to see a daughter being born and wished for a son. This time twin daughters were born and he took them out in a bag to drown them.
   On his journey he met a priest, who asked him what he had in the bag. He replied "cats". "Open the bag until I see" said the priest. He

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   Topics

   1. objects
      1. man-made structures
         1. buildings
            1. schools (~4,094)

   Language

   English

   Collector

   Eileen Laffey

   Gender

   Female

   Address

   Menlough, Co. Galway

   Informant

   Michael Laffey

   Relation

   Grandparent

   Gender

   Male

   Age

   83

   Occupation

   Farmer

   Address

   Menlough, Co. Galway