School: Kilcullen (B.)

Location:
Kilcullen, Co. Kildare
Teacher:
Pádraig Ó Broin
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0776D, Page 02_020

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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0776D, Page 02_020

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    griddle bread. Poor people always thrashed their corn with a flail. A flail is two sticks tied together. A good dead of oaten bread was used.
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  2. Long ago houses were not made the same as they are made now. They were made with yellow clay. They were called mud Cabins.People used to get rushes from the bogs and dip them in tallow. People cut the rushes peeled them, baught the tallow dried the rushes and dipped them in the tallow. They did this
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    Language
    English
    Collector
    Mícheáll Ó Thuathaill
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Nicholastown, Co. Kildare