School: Seandrom, Ráth Luirc (roll number 11499)

Location:
Shandrum, Co. Cork
Teacher:
Eibhlis, Bean Uí Bhriain
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0367, Page 261

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  1. 3 meals potatoes and sour milk. Up at 6 a. m. to boil them. 6/30 - 12 noon. 6/30 "Dip the dry one in the wet one".
    Work before eating in Summer.
    Eat before work in Winter.
    " - " a day hire.
    Table in middle of floor - family and servants all at one table. Tables put one up on another when not in use.
    Often a family sat around a pot - [?] of stirabout with a basin in hand of each - basin full of sour milk, and each dipped spoon in stirabout.
    Cheer boys cheer
    My mother bought a blanket
    Cheer boys cheer
    She sold it back again
    Cheer boys cheer
    She got a penny profit
    Cheer boys cheer
    (continues on next page)
    Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.
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      1. man-made structures
        1. historical and commemorative structures (~6,794)
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