School: Slane (C.) (roll number 4852)

Location:
Slane, Co. Meath
Teacher:
Josephine Cooney
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    at twopence a day. Mrs Leonard used to bring from the field and give them plenty of food.
    He also told me a man named Tim Connolly of Kellystown used to walk to Beauparc and weed turnips at six pence a week.
    Leonards had a small farm in those days and were familiar with the landlords. A man named Jim Murry was begging the road half-starved. They employed him in pulling turnips and one day he said to them would it be not better for my daughter to come and help me than to be at home starving. So they worked together the whole Autumn digging and weeding for a shilling a week and their food.
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