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School: Clonmellon (B.) (roll number 9500)

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Ráistín, Co. na hIarmhí
Teacher:
P. Ó Droighneáin
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0725, Page 113

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  1. Cure of a Stone Bruise

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    Topics
    1. gníomhaíochtaí
      1. gníomhaíochtaí eacnamaíocha
        1. trádáil
          1. díol agus ceannach (~3,622)
      2. cleachtas an leighis
        1. leigheas dúchasach (~11,815)
    2. áit-spás-timpeallacht
      1. áiteanna osnádúrtha agus spioradálta (~158)
        1. ráthanna (~5,616)
      2. riaradh talún (~4,110)
    3. táirgí
      1. táirgí bia (~3,601)
    4. ócáidí
      1. ócáidí (de réir trátha bliana) (~11,476)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Tom Mac Domhnaill
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Ráistín, Co. na hIarmhí
    Informant
    Mrs Mac Donnell
    Relation
    Parent
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Ráistín, Co. na hIarmhí

  2. Local Fairs

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    A local fair is held in Clonmellon once a month the fair is held on the street. All big buyer's have raddles and they mark the cattle or sheep bought. Other men have a scissors and they cut a bit of the hair from them. When a man is buying a suck calf he usually gets a shilling for a luckpenny. If a cow or a year old beast is sold the buyer usually gets a half - crown for a luck penny.
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  3. The Landlord

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    Sir Montague Chapman was the landlord in this district for about fifty years. He wasn't a very kind landlord. If rent was not paid he would evict them out of their houses. They would go to their neighbours houses. In about two or three days after they were evicted the landlord might let them back again. The Chapman's got the land from the English government who took it off the Irish. The
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