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School: Leac Snámha (B.) (roll number 10957)

Location:
Lixnaw, Co. Kerry
Teacher:
Dáithí. B. Ó Duilleáin
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    clothes by beating them with sticks, as was done in former times. Most of the people who lived in these houses in the village emigrated to American and are all dead long ago. The (small) houses were small cabins and when they fell they were never rebuilt.
    Most of the land in my district is good land and a small bit of it is marshy. There is no river or stream in my townland but there is a spring well near my house and this well supplies the house with fresh water.
    Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.
    History Edit
    Topics
    1. place-space-environment
      1. local lore, place-lore (~10,595)
    Language
    English
    Location
    Ballyhennessy, Co. Kerry
    Collector
    John Quilter
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Ballyhennessy, Co. Kerry
    Informant
    Michael Dowling
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Ballintogher, Co. Kerry