School: Baile na Carraige, Cill Díoma (roll number 11295)
- Location:
- Ballynacarriga, Co. Limerick
- Teacher: Séamus Ó Gríobhtha
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- (continued from previous page)candle of eight to the lb would last lighting. The scholars supplying those. There happened to be one comical youth attending this school wanting to have short hours and he preposed to have 33 to the lb of those candles saying they would go mad with learning if they devoted any more time to it.
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- Kitty Staff
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- Patrick Staff
- Gender
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- Age
- 61
- Address
- Ballynacarriga, Co. Limerick
- A hedge school was situated near O'Dwyers house in olden days. They made their own ink from elder berries and cut their pens from goose-quills. They had cabins but when a fire was kindled they had to go out under the open air to learn, because the cabin was filled with smoke. The scholars used to go home to their fathers farm during the(continues on next page)
