School: Castletownconyers, Ráthluirc (roll number 14077)

Location:
Castletown, Co. Limerick
Teacher:
Seán Ó Brosnacháin
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0497, Page 365

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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0497, Page 365

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  1. XML School: Castletownconyers, Ráthluirc
  2. XML Page 365
  3. XML “Local Birds”
  4. XML “Travelling Folk”
  5. XML “Local Forts”
  6. XML “Local Cures”

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    his nest under the eaves of a house and sometimes on an ivy tree. The thrush makes his nest on a furze bush. The cuckoo makes no nest, but she lays her egg in another birds nest.
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  2. Different kinks of travelling folk come around here. Some of them live in caravans. They are called tinkers. They make vessels of tin and they fix tankards. Some of them sell things and others of them go around for charity. They make a fire on the side of the road near the tent.
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    Topics
    1. activities
      1. medical practice
        1. folk medicine (~11,815)
    2. agents (~1)
      1. people by social grouping
        1. travellers (~3,023)
    3. place-space-environment
      1. legendary and spiritual places (~158)
        1. fairy forts (~5,616)
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  4. He are some local cures. A man named Ring has a cure for ring-worm. A cure for a cold is to keep in bed for a few days. A cure for a pain in the
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