School: Crecora, Tobar Pádraig (roll number 9668)
- Location:
- Crecora, Co. Limerick
- Teacher: Máire, Bean Uí Ainnín
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0526, Page 151
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- (continued from previous page)and when he used complain all the bad boys to "Mick" the Spud".Mick used keep prodding his big stick on the boards of the school-room. The pupils used be scared at his departure.The sounding of that stick often recurred to me when years after I heard the sound of the staff of Limerick City's Night Watchmen, now abolished.Mr Daly often used jocosely try to barter with Mick by presenting him with a new rattan cane in exchange for the cudgel,
- Collector
- Seán Ó Finn
- Gender
- Male
- Address
- Lemonfield, Co. Limerick
- Informant
- Seán Ó Finn
- Gender
- Male
- Address
- Lemonfield, Co. Limerick
