School: Lower Warren (roll number 7793)
- Location:
- Warren Lower, Co. Westmeath
- Teacher: Liam Mac Coiligh
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0746, Page 281
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- All the people sit around the fire and one was the Master he put names on all the people that were around the fire giving them the name of a flower such as Primm and Violet and Forget me not. He would ask everyone then the name of the flower that he gave them and if they weren't able to tell him they would get slapped.
- Everyone round about had a hold of a rope and one of the men had to be Master and when he would say Hold fast they were to let go of the rope and when he would say let go you were to hold fast the rope and if you did not do this you were slapped.
- All the people sat round in a ring except one he had a basin with water in it, and he had a dirty rag in his hand then he dipped the rag in the water and asked a question of someone. The person on the right hand side was to answer if the person that was asked answered he was hit with the with rag in the face and if the person(continues on next page)
