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School: Lankill (roll number 16904)

Location:
Lankill, Co. Mayo
Teacher:
Seán Ó Cibhil
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0137F, Page 03_032

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  1. A Schoolday in 1938

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    We go to school every day at ten o clock. Most of the pupils come in before ten whilst a few late risers came in after ten and are put standing on the floor.
    In our class the first task, is arithmetic on three days a week and algebra on two days a week. After this lesson we have Irish reading or sometimes composition off the board. This isn't really a composition at all but it provides us with new words in preparation for a composition on some other day, as well as teaching us the tenses of the verbs. Then we write a composition next, some times Irish and sometimes English. After this lesson
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    History Edit
    Topics
    1. objects
      1. man-made structures
        1. buildings
          1. schools (~4,094)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Nora O Boyle
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Ballyballinaun, Co. Mayo