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School: Straboe (roll number 12934)

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Straboe, Co. Laois
Teacher:
Bríd Nic Cormaic
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0835, Page 157

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  1. The First Railway

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    The first railway which passes by the school was made about ninety years ago. The people that worked on it used to get sixpence a day.
    The used to get stirrabout and butter mild for their breakfast, potatoes, salt and butter milk for their dinner and stirrabout and butter milk for their supper.
    The stirrabout they got that time was made with yellow meal.
    Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.
    History Edit
    Topics
    1. objects
      1. man-made structures
        1. public infrastructure
          1. roads (~2,778)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Theresa Daly
    Gender
    Female