School: Kilcock (Pres. Convent) (roll number 11976)

Location:
Kilcock, Co. Kildare
Teacher:
Sr. M. Dympna
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0772, Page 013

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    many years in the village of Clane, Co. Kildare.
    Sock-making for ploughs and Basket-making - Connaught Street continued up to 1880
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    1. activities
      1. economic activities
        1. trades and crafts (~4,680)
    2. time
      1. historical periods by name (~25)
        1. penal times (~4,335)
    3. events
      1. events (by time of year) (~11,476)
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  3. Holy WELLS : " St Brides Well " about 1 mile from Kilcock on Meath side - a place of pilgrimage in years gone by. Many cures reported. It was the custom for people cured to leave some mark or token as witness to cure, such as sticking a pin in a leaf of bush overhanging well or attaching a small piece of cloth to branch. These signs or tokens were to be seen within living memory. St Brigid in her
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