School: Cill Beathach (roll number 16807)

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   “About a hundred years ago there was a hedge school in lower Dirreen.”

   

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   It was held in an old house belonging to the teacher. The teacher's name was cap Sheahan. The children used never write with a pen or pencil but with a pencil made from slate. They used get them in the shops at three a penny. The children who were going to the school paid the teacher a shilling a month.

   Written by Eilleen Vaughan, Dirreen, Athea, Co. Limerick

   Told by:- My mother Mrs Vaughan

   

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   “Long ago there lived a Couple whose names were Mary and John.”

   

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   Long ago there lived a Couple whose names were Mary and John. They had eight in family and they were very poor and they had only three cows. One morning John took one of the

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      1. belief (~391)
         1. folk belief (~2,535)
            1. treasure legends (~7,411)

   Language

   English

   Collector

   Eileen Kearney

   Gender

   Female

   Address

   Kilbaha Middle, Co. Kerry

   Informant

   Dan Kearney

   Relation

   Parent

   Gender

   Male

   Address

   Kilbaha Middle, Co. Kerry