School: Castlecary

Location:
Ballyrattan, Co. Donegal
Teacher:
Mary S.J. Donaghy
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 1117, Page 25

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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 1117, Page 25

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    Whip making has ceased to carry on in our locality. We can make toy whips from rushes. We pleat them together and we put one across the top for a lash, and we sweel it with one rush, then we can put a crack on it with a piece of whipcord, and these whips are nice looking.
    My brothers and I make several top whips in the summer while we were herding the cows in the fields.
    Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.
  2. A Story

    A story is told about two men one morning when they were going out to look after their sheep.

    A story is told about two men one morning when they were going out to look after their sheep. When going through a gap they saw a hare milking a cow. The dogs started after her and she started to run, and it ran until it came to a thatched house. One of the hounds just caught it as it went in, and took a piece out of it. The two men went in, but there was nothing there but an old woman in the bed and she bleeding.
    Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.
    Topics
    1. objects
      1. man-made structures
        1. buildings
          1. residential buildings (~2,723)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Arthur Peoples
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Castlecary, Co. Donegal