School: Kilmorgan (roll number 12444)
- Location:
- Kilmorgan, Co. Sligo
- Teacher: Kathleen M. Doyle
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0183, Page 295
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- (continued from previous page)on arrival.
People of the richer classes often drank from a beautiful horn.
A much more common drinking vessel was what was called a mether, made of wood, with one, two, or four handles, which circulated from hand to hand.
An Old Song
“On the twenty ninth day of October”
On the twenty ninth day of October
In nineteen hundred and eight,
On a cattle ranch at Riverstown
John Stinson met his fate
Little he dreamy his days were spent
In entering to the field;
Till his comrades and himself
Were quickly forced to yield.(continues on next page)
