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School: Lagganstown, New Inn (roll number 13705)

Location:
Lagganstown Lower, Co. Tipperary
Teacher:
Eoghan Mac Cárthaigh
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0576, Page 217

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  1. Colm Cille's Prophecies (continued)

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    friend and Ireland shall be free and England shall fall. There shall be war and rumours of war, nations shall rise against nation and the men shall be turned three times in their beds to see if they are fit for service.

    And when a girl shall see a man she shall run and say to her mother "I saw a man!"

    At the end of the time Anti-Christ shall come and turn the minds of the people.
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  2. Flax-Growing

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    Flax was grown in abundance in our district in about the year 1558. The people sowed the flax in March and reaped it in June. It was sown in ridges with a spade just as some people sow th epotatoes nowadays and in early June it was reaped with a reaping-hook or sickle and made into small
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