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School: Askeaton (C.) (roll number 2040)

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Askeaton, Co. Limerick
Teacher:
Áine, Bean Mhic Eoin
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0502, Page 243

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    made of mud or flags or rounds little stones. Half doors were common in the district, they were used for keeping the children in and for keeping the hens out.
    Timber and turf and bog-deal were used for the fire. The people used splinters and home candles by night for to give them light. More people killed a certain bird and tied a strong cord about him and put him standing by itself and lit it. It lasted them for a month.
    Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.
    History Edit
    Topics
    1. objects
      1. man-made structures
        1. buildings
          1. residential buildings (~2,723)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Kathleen Crowley
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Askeaton, Co. Limerick
    Informant
    Mr Moran
    Gender
    Male
    Age
    66
    Address
    Askeaton, Co. Limerick