School: St Bridget's (roll number 13854)

Location:
Derrymore, Co. Mayo
Teacher:
Máire Uí hOistín
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    eighty years when he died and he is buried in Drummin. He was a great scholar, and he had a Carpenter Double Spelling Book which was worth twenty books that are in it now. This book contained reading in one part, and the other part contain the spelling of the words and the meaning of them.
    Pat Hastings learned the meaning of these words by heart.
    No one belonging to him but himself was able
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    Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.
    Topics
    1. genre
      1. poetry
        1. folk poetry (~9,504)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Peigí C. Ní Oistín
    Gender
    Female
    Informant
    Tadhg Ó hOistín
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Tawnyslinnaun, Co. Mayo