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School: Adare Convent (roll number 9296)

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Adare, Co. Limerick
Teacher:
An tSr. Mechtildes
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0505, Page 224

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    in the daytime. They generally contained a fine fat tick of chaff and plenty homemade blankets.
    In olden times nearly every house had a roost for hens over the door in the kitchen. All the old houses in the district have nearly all vanished. However one still remains although it is now used for housing cattle.
    Annie Scanlon, Adare.
    From her Grandfather, James Collins,
    (80 years).
    Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.
    History Edit
    Topics
    1. objects
      1. man-made structures
        1. buildings
          1. residential buildings (~2,723)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Annie Scanlon
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Adare, Co. Limerick
    Informant
    James Collins
    Relation
    Grandparent
    Gender
    Male
    Age
    80