School: Coralstown (roll number 1314)
- Location:
- Correllstown, Co. Westmeath
- Teacher: P. Ó Beóláin
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0730, Page 034
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“He is dead, he is dead, yes he is dead.”
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You are not logged in, but you are welcome to contribute a transcription anonymously. In this case, your IP address will be stored in the interest of quality control.By clicking the save button you agree that your contribution will be available under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International License and that a link to dúchas.ie is sufficient as attribution.- When our house was knocked down in 1889 there was found three blue cakes. My Grandfather said they were made of ashcakes and he told them when he was young he used to cut all the weeds about the place and when dried he would gather them up and burn them. Then he would gather up the ashes wet it with buttermilk and make little cakes and bake them on the griddle. When cattle would have ringworm and such other diseases(continues on next page)