School: Cormaddyduff

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   towards their education.
   There were no jotters or lead pencils used in those days but instead they used slates and slate pencils which were obtained from a slate quarry in the neighbourhood.
   About 1835 or later pens were not known of and each child had ot bring a quill out of which the Master would make a pen to do their daily writing on a sheet of foolscap.
   English was the only language taught in the schools.
   The school was a low thatched structure divided into two rooms, the boys school bigger than the girls. On the boys school there were four windows and on the girls only two.
   There was a door leading from one school to the other and a fireplace in each. In the corners near the fireplace was a hole made in the wall for holding the caps. The floor

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   Topics

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

   Language

   English

   Informant

   Richard Reilly

   Gender

   Male

   Address

   Cornakilly, Co. Cavan