School: Tyrrellspass (2) (roll number 13743)
- Location:
- Tyrrellspass, Co. Westmeath
- Teacher: Mrs Payne
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- (continued from previous page)that they got for the corn was given to the church. If you were a farmer and had a lot of corn you would have to give a lot of tithe but if you hadn't much corn or wheat you couldn't give much.Fred Payne Age 10
Tyrrellspass
Source of inf. John Giltrap Tyrrellspass aged 38
- Brídeogs. I was at a party on St. Brigid's night in a farmer's house named "Pretty" about 25 years ago (near Birr) when in came a lot of women rather men dressed in ladies clothes. They danced and acted and received money and departed.Scudán = a herring
Caolar = a tub in which butter is marked
noggín = of wood also pewter
laighin = handle of a spade and "Laige" a spade
buailchín = flail
spág = big flat foot
grape = fork for lifting manure
pus = a pouted sulky mouth
gob = a big open mouth
smig = a chin or beard
dudeen = a clay pipe uses at wakes(continues on next page)
