School: Killea (roll number 14460)

Location:
Killea, Co. Tipperary
Teacher:
Éamonn Mac Craith
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0546, Page 020

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  1. Friday is the day for taking up residence in new house or for changing from one house to another.

    Potatoes should be sown before 17th May
    Wheat should be sown during dark of November.
    People speak of a Michelmas gander
    March had intended to kill the old cow, but when 1st April came the cow was quite lively. March then borrowed eleven days from April and before the time was up the cow was skinned.
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      1. events (by time of year) (~11,476)
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