School: Loughteague, Stradbally (roll number 6129)

Location:
Loughteeog, Co. Laois
Teachers:
Brigid Keane Brighid Ní Chatháin
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0837, Page 224

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  1. Immemorial custom to call the first child after the Father's Father or Mother and the second after the Mother's Father or Mother . After that there is no rule.
    Call a child after a child who has died if you have a fancy for it. [Mrs Dunne]
    Don't ever call a child after a child who dies young. [Mrs. Henry Drennan - bornin 1863 or so]
    This latter lost a little boy 51/2 years old but she would not call any of the four boys subsequently born to her by name of the dead child.
    Old Mrs. Dunne's mother said "don't give name of child who died young to another bro. or sister.
    Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.