School: Aghakee

Location:
Aghakee, Co. Cavan
Teacher:
Mrs Mc Govern

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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0994, Page 025

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The school field is so called because it is beside the school. The bog field gets its name because there is a bog in it. The yankel's field is so called because it belonged to a man who was in America at one time. The bulls field is so called because there are bulls kept in it. The bush field gets its name because there is a lone bush in it. The crocan acre is so called because it is a little hill.

In this country long ago the most of the houses were thatched and the roofs were flat. The beds were mostly in the kitchens in this country yet there is still a bed in this country which is called a settle bed. They also had the fires lighted in the middle of the floor. The floors were made of clay. The houses were thathed with rushes and straw which they got in rushy bottoms.

There are many different kinds of wild birds in my district such as the crow, robin and blackbirds. The crow builds its nest on the top of a high tree, It is a

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Collector
Shaun Briody
Gender
male
Address
Rockfield, Co. Cavan
Informant
Mr John Mc Cabe
Gender
male
Age
86
Address
Latnadronagh, Co. Cavan
Informant
Mr Philip Lynch
Gender
male
Age
80
Address
Rockfield, Co. Cavan
Language
English