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School: Moyne (C.) (roll number 13990)

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Moyne, Co. Longford
Teacher:
Bean Uí Tháibh
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0767, Page 022

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    There is no spring well in our land but we go to Patrick Duffy's well. It is cleaned out every fortnight and sprinkled with lime. The well never dries up no matter how hot the weather is. This well is in a rock and there are ferns growing around it.
    Sometimes we go to Michael Masterson's well. It is not as good nowadays as it was long ago. One very hot summer every well in the district went dry only it. People drew a lot of water from it and the people who then owned the well stopped the people from drawing it. The well went dry for a long time then. It never was as good since as it was before that.
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    History Edit
    Topics
    1. events
      1. events (by time of year) (~11,476)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Tessie Maguire
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Leggagh, Co. Longford
    Informant
    Joseph Maguire
    Relation
    Parent
    Gender
    Male
    Age
    61
    Occupation
    Farmer
    Address
    Leggagh, Co. Longford