School: Allenwood
- Location:
- Allenwood, Co. Kildare
- Teacher: Seán Ó Clúmháin
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0774, Page 227
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“There was a hedge-school long ago in Ballyteague in a field now owned by Keenan's Ballyteague.”
(continued from previous page)Everyone had the same books. The one book would do all the children in one family. One man would say to another man "How far did you go in school?" and he would say "I went as far as "Jack has got a cart."
- Marcella Ennis, Grangeclare. Kilmeague, Naas, Co. Kildare. Told by Patrick Cleary (80)
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Sometimes children in the country make toys to amuse themselves. Boys make cribs to catch birds, These are made from sallies and twine.(continues on next page)
