School: Kilcullen (B.)
- Location:
- Kilcullen, Co. Kildare
- Teacher: Pádraig Ó Broin
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0776D, Page 18_005
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- (continued from previous page)storm to see the sky all woolly and hairy looking. A way of testing the weather is to put water in a jam-jar and a bottle. Put the neck of the bottle in the jam-jar. If the water goes high in the bottle its going to be good weather, if it goes low its going to be bad. A storm never lasts longer than Wedensday.
- About 100 years ago the schools were made of stone. There were rafters set in the stone. More of the old National schools had upstairs(continues on next page)
- Collector
- Seán de Fréins
- Gender
- Male
- Address
- Kilcullen, Co. Kildare
- Informant
- Mr Keegan
- Gender
- Male
- Age
- 23
- Address
- Knockaulin, Co. Kildare
