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School: Adare Convent (roll number 9296)

Location:
Adare, Co. Limerick
Teacher:
An tSr. Mechtildes
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0505, Page 066

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  1. Holy Well (continued)

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    Clare to make rounds. Dr Moloney, a great Bishop of the Penal times, also came and was cured.
    During the Penal times when the churches were few and priests were none the people of the locality came to the well and did their rounds just as they do to-day.
    Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.
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  2. Old Houses

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    Old houses in the district were thatched and the thatch was made of wheaten straw and reed.
    The houses had beds in the kitchen and these beds were called settle-beds.
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    Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.
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    Topics
    1. objects
      1. man-made structures
        1. buildings
          1. residential buildings (~2,723)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Charlotte Wilson
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Adare, Co. Limerick
    Informant
    Charles Wilson
    Relation
    Parent
    Gender
    Male
    Age
    50
    Address
    Adare, Co. Limerick