School: Clochar na Toirbhirte, Liostuathail (roll number 4062)
- Location:
- Listowel, Co. Kerry
- Teachers: Bríd Nic Oscair An tSr. Íde An tSr. Muire
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- It was the custom in the old days not to give any meal to a workman until he paid for it in work. It was usual for labourers to do two hours work before their breakfast every morning.People used always kill a goose for Michaelmas and St. Martin's Eve and have a good feast.For breakfast people used eat bread and milk long ago, for dinner, skidder and potatoes and for supper stirabout.
- St. Batt's well is situated in Poolard and is in Tom Dowling's land. There is a little wood and stream around it. People that pay visits there usually leave a penny. People with sore eyes wash them in the water. There are rushes growing around it.(continues on next page)
- Informant
- Peggy Dowling
- Gender
- Female
- Address
- Ballinruddery, Co. Kerry