School: Island Parish
- Location:
- Ballina, Co. Offaly
- Teacher: Seán Ó Móráin
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0805, Page 411
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- (continued from previous page)Let everybody pass but the very last man."
When it comes to the last child she is asked in a whisper which would she rather have an apple or an orange. If she chooses an apple she has to go behind the girl who first chose the apple. So on until all the girls have chosen. Then the two girls join hands firmly and pull as strongly as the they can. Whoever breaks first is beaten.
- 23 ab Meiceam 1938.
Weeds.
There are numerous weeds in this Parish such as the Dockens. They grow nearly everywhere. They grow very rapidly through the land. They would cure a sting of a nettle only to get a leaf of the weed and rub it on where you were stung.
The Thistle grows in a lot of places. It takes the substance out of land. It kills a lot of other crops. The Dandelion grows in a lot(continues on next page) - Collector
- Michael Hickey
- Gender
- Male
- Address
- Ballina, Co. Offaly
