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School: Walshestown (roll number 3245)

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Walshestown North, Co. Westmeath
Teacher:
Bean Uí Dhuibhir
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0736, Page 391

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  1. The Cross-Roads

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    At our crossroads in olden times the people would assemble together for miles around on Sundays or Summer evenings. The topics of the day would be talked over and the paper would be read for the crowd by my great grand-uncle. Then a man named Barney Fagan would start to play his fiddle and the dancing would commence. That lasted till after dark and there would be singing, storytelling and other amusements.
    Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.
    History Edit
    Topics
    1. activities
      1. medical practice
        1. folk medicine (~11,815)
    2. objects
      1. man-made structures
        1. public infrastructure
          1. roads (~2,778)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Tim Mulready
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Irishtown, Co. Westmeath