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School: Coillte Craobhacha, Drumlish (roll number 15108)

Location:
Kiltycreevagh, Co. Longford
Teacher:
S. Ó Murchadha
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0758, Page 358

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  1. Old Schools (continued)

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    The children brought him a penny a week and that was the only pay he got. The master used to stop in a house in Catton. They were taught mostly Irish. I don't think that they had any sort of books. They wrote with a quill from a goose's wing. It is said that they had no seats, maps, or fire. The master was there for eight months of the year and could not stay the rest of the year with cold.
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  2. Old Crafts

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    In olden times the people made rush candles at home. In the evening a bundle of rushes was procured and cut into lenghts and peeled white only about the eight of an inch of the green part
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    Topics
    1. activities
      1. economic activities
        1. trades and crafts (~4,680)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Michael Dolan
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Kiltycreevagh, Co. Longford
    Informant
    Pat Carney
    Gender
    Male
    Age
    c. 80
    Address
    Kiltycreevagh, Co. Longford