School: Meanus, Brúgh na nDéise (roll number 11840)
- Location:
- Meanus, Co. Limerick
- Teacher: Mrs Harnett
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0516, Page 546
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- (continued from previous page)They get a quill then insert it into the bladder, tie a cord round the bladder + quill and fill it with air. When it is full enough they pull out the quill slowly and tighten the cord. They have great fun playing football with the bladder. It is sometimes put into a leather cover to protect it.In this district few men are able to kill pigs, these "handy" men are called upon whenever necessary.Thatched houses have become very scarce here now and slated new dwellings are cropping up daily. Just beside the school wall and facing the road leading to Fedamore is a small thatched two-roomed house. The walls are not five feet in height. It has two very small windows in front and two at the back. It has the usual half-door The floors were made of mud but(continues on next page)
