School: An Churrach (Crogh), Árd Fhionáin (roll number 7911)

Location:
Curragh, Co. Tipperary
Teacher:
Mícheál Ó Dubhshláine
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  3. XML “Seanscoileanna”
  4. XML “Seancheirdeanna”
  5. XML “Enchanted Rats”

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  1. Sean-Céardanna.
    Candles were made in every house.
    Seamus Lewis made baskets, beehives and sugáins. he was a carpentrer. Dunne and Hyland made spades. Lonergans were weavers. Kennedys and Lonergans were thatchers, Moloney Clogheen made Churns and Barrels. Oliver Lonergan made winnowing machines. McGrath at Ballybacon Church made wheels. Kennedy Clogheen made nails. All the farmers burned their own lime. There were 9 or 10 kilns in the townland of Kildonogue.
    Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.
    Topics
    1. activities
      1. economic activities
        1. trades and crafts (~4,680)
    2. agents (~1)
      1. animal-lore (~1,185)
    Language
    English
    Informant
    Pádraig de Búrca
    Gender
    Male
    Age
    92
    Address
    Kildanoge, Co. Tipperary
  2. Enchanted Rats
    There were rats in a farmer's house named Condons about 20 years ago. The house got burned one night and they all left it. When they were going some one saw them and there was a big rat in front of them and he had a candle in his mouth. Men coming
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