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   big that the ther boys used to make fun of him

   Slates and Slate pencils were the media of writing. Lead pencils as we know them were not used then.
   Children had to stand a great deal in those times as forms and desks were scarce.

   There was no play ground and the children played in the Street, on Fair days in Carrig they had to stay in the School.

   In Ballymitty the Same School is in it still (now officially called Hilltown N.S. ) The only difference is that in the old days there was no School room downstairs. It was a stable and cattle shed. It was a quite usual occurrence for a cow to bellow loudly in the miiddle of a lesson causing much amusement amongst children, and causing the teachers some trouble to restore gravity amongst the pupils. A Mr Rush was the principal teacher in those days
   Many tales are related of his ways of imparting instruction which were of a rigorous nature.

   Well had the boding tremblers learned to
   The day's disasters in his morning face

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   Topics

   1. objects
      1. man-made structures
         1. buildings
            1. schools (~4,094)

   Language

   English

   Informant

   Mrs Carty

   Gender

   Female

   Age

   56

   Address

   Carrick, Co. Wexford