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School: Allenwood

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Allenwood, Co. Kildare
Teacher:
Seán Ó Clúmháin
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0774, Page 258

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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0774, Page 258

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  1. Mass Stories (continued)

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    people walk along the same path still at night.
    (Maggie Ward, Allenwood North, Robertstown, Naas, Co. Kildare from her mother)
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  2. Food

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    The people used to work before their breakfast long ago. They would get up at four oclock and work until eight o'clock. Then they would get cold stirabout and buttermilk or flummery. The people got milk from cows and goats. The people did not get beef often. If they got beef on Christmas Day they thought themselves lucky. The beef was 10th a pound and that was
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    1. products
      1. food products (~3,601)
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