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School: Streamstown (roll number 15291)

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Streamstown, Co. Westmeath
Teacher:
S. Garland
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0734, Page 147

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  1. Holy Wells (continued)

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    bathed her eyes in this well and she was cured of that disease. There are hair-clips and buttons and money left as relics. Beside the well there is a stick and on it there is a cup for the people to get a drink. Around the well there is a little wall where the people kneel down to say their prayers.
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  2. Potato Planting

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    Potatoes are the staple crop of the people and they are planted in many different ways. In this district the land is usually ploughed into drills. The manure is carted out on the land and when the drills are opened the manure is spread in the drills and the potatoes are
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    Topics
    1. activities
      1. economic activities
        1. agriculture (~2,659)
          1. potatoes (~2,701)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Mona Montgomery
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Streamstown, Co. Westmeath
    Informant
    Patrick Scott
    Gender
    Male
    Age
    78
    Address
    Streamstown, Co. Westmeath