School: Cluain Abhann (roll number 16127)
- Location:
- Cloonown, Co. Roscommon
- Teachers: Seán Ó Riain Máirtín Ó Riain
Archival Reference
The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0270, Page 156
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- (continued from previous page)the Government from the different countries, England and Spain, Turkey, and France and Switzerland. At that time the cattle were very cheap and the people procured a good many of them with very little money. Then after a while no one would think that there ever a famine as the people toiled to earn an honest living.
- At lunch time in school the children play a number of games which amuse them in a very simple way. The two that are most common are "My lord Luke" and colours. The former was played in the following manner. A large crowd of children stand in a - line, two of them stand out in the open and choose two colours for instance red and green.(continues on next page)
