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School: Mainistir Ó dTórna

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Abbeydorney, Co. Kerry
Teacher:
Mícheál Ó Ríoghbhardáin
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0413, Page 113

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  1. The Leslies (continued)

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    the middle of the day he would walk into the school with all the boys caps and sods, and give them to the master. He came there is that Mr. Crosby of Ardfert brought him to his farm and left him live there after he had evicted another farmer.
    So to finish up with all of them is that they are dead now, so the Lord have mercy on their souls, even though they were strangers.
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  2. The Food Long Ago

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    About sixty years ago the people had no food like we have now. They used have potatoes and butter-milk at least twice a day. They used eat all yellow meal bread and yellow meal gruel. They used make their own butter. They used
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    Topics
    1. products
      1. food products (~3,601)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Caitlín Ní Síothcháin
    Gender
    Female
    Informant
    John Sheehan
    Gender
    Male
    Age
    40