School: Windgap (C.), Thomastown (roll number 5698)
- Location:
- Bearna na Gaoithe, Co. Chill Chainnigh
- Teacher: Bean Mhic Eóin
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- (continued from previous page)Again, the falling leaves used to remind the old people of the Poor Souls and in parts of the country a person would pray for the Holy Souls when a leaf fell on his or her head.
- Long ago hedge school masters used to exist in this district.
There was a hedge school master in Killamery. He used to teach the children in a strange way. He had an old horse and he used to put his pupils sitting on the horse. He never taught(continues on next page)- Collector
- Mai Fitzgerald
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