School: Ceannanus Mór, Scoil na mBráthar
- Location:
- Kells, Co. Meath
- Teacher: An Br. M.L. Ó Séaghdha
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- (continued from previous page)mothers sing to put babies to sleep. Here is a few lines from one of them:-"Hush-a-bye baby on the tree top,
When the wind blows the cradle will rock
When the bough breaks the cradle will fall
And down tumbles baby cradle and all
- There are a great many different classes of foods for children for example bread, milk cornflour and the cream of oaten-meal. Here are some of the pet-names that children are called, Ducky, Darling, Love, Baby, and Sweetheart. There are a lot of little lullabys for children. There is only one orphanage in Meath. It is in Kells. Some people take orphans and mind them and they are paid for minding them
- Collector
- Christopher Foley
- Gender
- Male
- Address
- Balrath Demesne, Co. Meath
- Informant
- Mrs Foley
- Gender
- Female
- Age
- 46
