School: Fahan (roll number 14479)

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   in each house from which children went to the school. The pupils brought two turf each day to keep a fire. After Mrs Smith came Mr Doyle. He lived in the school. He used to hit the pupils on the head with a ruler and say, "I'll knock the pole off you, you blackguard." My Grandfather was a great favourite of his because he would go and get him a bottle of whiskey and not tell anybody.

   Mr Robinson was the next teacher. Miss Annesley came next. She taught for over forty years. She taught the boys to walk like Mr Norman with their toes turned out. She hit the desks with a stick and shouted, "Prompt to obedience." She wore big nailed boots. She sat on a big chair. When she had nothing to give the beggars she stood at the window and kept shouting, " You need not come up," until they went away. She ate crows. She made them rub their faces to make them look nice. When Mrs Smith was the teacher she had two little children. Miss Annesley used to get them in a barrow and wheel them round the school and then into it. Mary Smith said, "Mary dear you never learn sense."

   The Gort school became a National

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   Topics

   1. objects
      1. man-made structures
         1. buildings
            1. schools (~4,094)

   Language

   English

   Collector

   Jean Gillighan

   Gender

   Female

   Informant

   Mr G. Gillighan

   Gender

   Male

   Age

   67

   Occupation

   Farmer

   Address

   Roosky, Co. Donegal

   Informant

   Mrs Hutchinson

   Gender

   Female

   Age

   74

   Address

   Carrowmullin, Co. Donegal