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    was very hard on that subject. There was no black-board in the school. Writing was done on slates first, and then on a copy; a headline was written by the master, and the children copied it.
    They made pens from quills for the infants, and then when the writing improved they wrote with slates. The teachers remained about twenty years in each district. Mr. Dowd, the teacher's father, surveyed the Atlantic Ocean from Ireland to America.
    The teacher went to every child's house each
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    Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.
    History Edit
    Topics
    1. objects
      1. man-made structures
        1. buildings
          1. schools (~4,094)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Bridie Flaherty
    Gender
    Female
    Informant
    Mrs Mary Lynch
    Gender
    Female
    Age
    c. 80
    Address
    Mountcoal, Co. Kerry