School: Cill an Daingin

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   Very few books were used in this school as people could not afford them. Sometimes, say twice a year, the scholars between them scraped together a couple of shillings and bought a book or two. Those books the teacher read and every child learned its substance.
   Mr Maloney is said to have possessed an English grammar book. He read and re-read each rule and definition till each lad could repeat the contents of the book from cover to cover.
   Each boy brought a slate, slate pencil, and, if possible, in winter a sod of turf or a brosna of sticks, to school each day. They used the slates to write on. When the slate was filled they washed off the writing, and commenced at the top again. Mr Maloney himself had a special slate, bigger than those of the pupils.
   The children sat on low seats made around the walls. The master had a large block of wood on which he sat and from his seat of honour

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      1. man-made structures
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            1. schools (~4,094)

   Language

   English

   Informant

   Sara Hogan

   Gender

   Female

   Address

   Larkin's Hill, Co. Tipperary