School: Cill Chais, Cluain Meala (roll number 596)
- Location:
- Kilcash, Co. Tipperary
- Teacher: Pádraig Ó Dubhghail
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0568, Page 311
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- (continued from previous page)was made out of the mountain ash berries.
The boys used make tops out of old reels and used have a nail for a spear. When the snow used be there they used make cribs for the birds to catch them. The cribs used be made out of elder sticks and briars. The briars were put there for the bird to perch on and a gablóg put under it to keep it standing. They also used to get a turnip and scoop out the inside. Then they would put eyes, a nose, and mouth in the turnip to represent a person. Then they would get a lighted candle and put it down in it as the inside would be empty. They would put it up on the fence or on a gate then to frighten the people passing by. They used to call it Jack O' the lantern. Lime was also burnt around here and in Dunphys field there was a lime kiln in Toor. James Flynn was the lime burners name. There is a hollow to be seen in the(continues on next page)
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- C. Murphy
