School: Cill Loiste (Killusty), Fíodh Árd (roll number 16111)

Location:
Killusty North, Co. Tipperary
Teacher:
Máire, Bean Uí Mheacháir
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    There was a man in olden times, who had no horse to set his wheat, and he had to sow it with a skiver;

    There was a man in olden times, who had no horse to set his wheat, and he had to sow it with a skiver; he had a pocket full of wheat, and he would throw grain by grain into every hole, and in the end of the year, the crop was a right succees.
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    Topics
    1. activities
      1. economic activities
        1. agriculture (~2,659)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Peggy Darcy
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Boolagh, Co. Tipperary
    Informant
    Philip Darcy
    Gender
    Male
    Age
    60
    Address
    Boolagh, Co. Tipperary