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School: Duxtown, Rathkeale (roll number 15943)

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Duckstown, Co. Limerick
Teacher:
Agnes O' Grady
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0500, Page 426

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  1. Habits of the People

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    Topics
    1. products
      1. food products (~3,601)
    2. events
      1. events (by time of year) (~11,476)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Eibhlís Ní Gráda
    Gender
    Female
    Informant
    Mr M. Moylan
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Ballyallinan South, Co. Limerick

  2. Habits of the People

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    Long ago when there were no clocks, the people used to know the time to go to the fair by the "tredeen". The tredeen was a group of stars that were to be seen in the sky, and according to their place the old people used to know the time.
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