School: Báinseach, Cill Chaoi (roll number 11714)

Location:
Kildeema, Co. Clare
Teacher:
Donncha Mac Cárthaigh
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0625, Page 327

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  1. Not long ago there was a family living near Kilrush and the bread ran short on them in the evening. So the servant girl got up at five o'clock next morning. She went out in the garden to cut the corn. She cut it, threshed it, sieved it, ground it between two cairins (queirns) made a cake of it, baked it, and had it on the table for the man and woman's breackfast.
    Paddy Coleman, Tullaher, Moyasta, Co. Clare .
    Walked from Kilrush to Limerick and from that to Newcastle in a day. The he took lodgings in Newcastle that night. It was Saturday morning he started. He got up at about five o'clock on Sunday morning and walked to Foynes, took a boat there and came across the Shannon. When he landed
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    Topics
    1. agents (~1)
      1. historical persons (~5,068)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    John O' Shea
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Tullaher, Co. Clare
    Informant
    Mrs J. Cunningham
    Gender
    Female
    Age
    42
    Address
    Tullaher, Co. Clare