School: Liscarbin (roll number 13697)
- Location:
- Liscarban, Co. Leitrim
- Teacher: Mrs. Margt Gannon
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- (continued from previous page)121When the hens run for shelter.
When the fog comes down the mountain.
When the robin comes in to the house.
When the hens can not be kept from the door.
When the ass turns his back to the ditch.
When the swans roar on Lough Allen
When wild geese fly from the mountain to the Lough.
When the dat tears a bush or any sort of wood.Lena Moran Gortnawane (from her father Hugh Moran) - Old SchoolsIn the townland of Liscarbin in the place where Paddy Beirne's house now is there was an old school. Master Earley taught there. He was particularly good at teaching writing, and those who attended his school were "great writers."Writing was done on slates with pencils, and also on paper with quills pens. The children sat on large stones around the walls, and put the slates on their laps.Master Earley also taught Latin.Every Monday morning the scholars brought 1d. This was the only salary the teacher received. He(continues on next page)
- Collector
- Lizzie Mulvey
- Gender
- Female
- Address
- Moher (Gregg), Co. Leitrim
- Informant
- Mrs Beirne
- Gender
- Female
- Age
- 100