School: Lankill (roll number 16904)
- Location:
- Lankill, Co. Mayo
- Teacher: Seán Ó Cibhil
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0137F, Page 07_036
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- I am in sixth class now and I always want to be in school at ten o'clock. The master is in at half nine every morning. Usually I am in at quarter to ten. When I come in I always do a bit of dusting. Then when ten o'clock comes we sit down in our own desks and do a few sums. When this half hour is over the master calls the rolls. The next half hour we usually do an Irish composition or a bit of Irish reading. The next half hour we write out an English composition or an Irish composition which ever of them are ordered.
When this half hour is up we come along to Catechism and when that is examined it is half twelve so then we get a half an hour out. The boys have their own games and the girls have their(continues on next page)
- Collector
- Eileen King
- Gender
- Female
- Address
- Lanmore, Co. Mayo
