School: Stabannon, Castlebellingham (roll number 5457)
- Location:
- Stabannan, Co. Louth
- Teacher: E. Mac Oisín
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0671, Page 071
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- (continued from previous page)children. The children sometimes attend the local school while they are in the place. They attend such meetings as the fair day in Ardee, Dundalk, or Dunleer but they may come at any time.
The people seem to give them a wide berth around here now, as they are not harmless like the old people who went round.
Long ago before the war there were much more travelling folk than nowadays. They would carry different bags. One for potatoes, one for oatsmeal, one for indian meal.
Here is a verse that Paddy Peadar is supposed to have made.
The champions they are bad the year
But I'll thank you for a few
And if you have none at hand
Why, a grain of meal will do
Go Bless You Mam
That's oaten meal
Wait till I open the twine(continues on next page)
