School: Lankill (roll number 16904)
- Location:
- Lankill, Co. Mayo
- Teacher: Seán Ó Cibhil
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0137F, Page 10_024
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- (continued from previous page)out of the book and then we read it one by one. He starts at the bad reasers and then he asks a few of the excellent readers and by that time the half hour is well up. The next half hour is writing a letter or sometimes composition. On the day we are writing a letten the master helps us to compose it and then we write it into our copies. The letter consists of a few pages written to a friend, or a cousin, a sister, or a brother. Then we start catechism and when the catechism is over we go ot to play.
We play a lot of games out in the yard such as "London bridge is all broken down, the "Ghost in the corner," and old woman going to the market to buy."
After we go in from play(continues on next page)
- Collector
- Josie Keville
- Gender
- Female
- Address
- Knappagh Beg, Co. Mayo
