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School: Castlegannon, Mullinavat (roll number 13028)

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Castlegannon, Co. Kilkenny
Teacher:
Seán Ó Riain
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0848, Page 236

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  3. XML “Old Houses”
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  5. XML “My Home District”

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  1. Old Houses (continued)

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    There was a bed in the kitchen and it was a press-bed. The fire was placed in the gable wall and the people used to burn turf, and wood There was an old chimney on the roof. The windows were small round holes, some times glass in them, and some times nothing. The floor was made of yellow clay, and tempered by with their feet. There was a half-door in it, to admit the light, and to keep out the fowl. There is a beam of bogdeal over the fire. It was a very warm house. because the walls were very thick.
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  2. Old Games - Ball-in-the-Cap

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    Ball in the cap is a very old game. It is a very nice game also. It is played with a bat, bits of sticks [?] caps, We leave our caps in a line on the ground, and someone throws the ball, in whoever's cap the ball goes he gets the ball out of his cap, and throws it at the other boys. Whoever he hits gets a stick, and if he did not hit anyone himself gets a stick. Whoever has twelve sticks is out of the game, until everone has twelve sticks. The last to get twelve sticks has the game won
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  3. My Home District

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    Topics
    1. place-space-environment
      1. local lore, place-lore (~10,595)
    Language
    English
    Location
    Smithstown, Co. Kilkenny
    Collector
    Ailís Ní Andraosán
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Lukeswell, Co. Kilkenny