School: Walterstown (roll number 10356)

Location:
Walterstown, Co. Meath
Teacher:
Proinseas, Bean Uí Cheallaigh
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0686, Page 168

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  1. In the old time long ago the old people used to make furrows about nine feet long. They used to plough the ground first and then make the furrows and put the wheat into them. The farmers thrashed the wheat with a fail then. One farmer in this parish thrashes his corn with a fail still.
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    Topics
    1. activities
      1. economic activities
        1. agriculture (~2,659)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Lizzie Kennedy
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Gilltown, Co. Meath
    Informant
    Mr Patrick Kennedy
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Gilltown, Co. Meath
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    Rock Road farms are in Thomas Donelly's.

    Rock Road farms are in Thomas Donnelly's - the Bobbles, The Mollies and the Slang.
    McGranes:- the Spout Field, The Little Field, The Four and a half acres, The Tillage Field.
    Caffreys:- The Old Walls Field; the Spout Field; Dillon's Field; The Horse Field and the back of Connelly's.
    Georgie Clarke's - The Tillage Field, The Rock Field, The Mine-hole Field and the Limekiln Field
    (continues on next page)
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