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   and geometry were taught, and for keeping the pupils in check, the masters used a long thick stick with several whips our of it. This stick was called "a cat of nine tails."
   A few miles east of Dunmanway there was a hedge-school situated at Fanlobus. It was known as the "School in the Laur". The "laur" was a portion of Nedineagh, but a commonage. The name of this hedge-master was Author Henessy, who was a native and lived at the "Round Hill" a little distance from the school, though it is said again that he was not a native, and that he got accommodation by staying a few nights at each scholar's home. The children sat on big sods and were taught in the open air in Summer, and when Winter came on, a few neighbourly farmers came and made a hut of sods. Irish was the staple subject, English, Doctrine, and Arithmetic being also taught. The following are names of a few of the books used:- "The reading made easy"; "The Waster"; "The Plummer"; "The double spelling book". A big flag was used as a blackboard, and writing was done on large smooth stones, if slates could not be procured. The pupils were seated on a timber plank which was placed on stones to support them. The teacher was payed by the pupils, each pupil bringing a penny or two pence per week. For about three months

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