There was a hedge school in Michael Brady's land in the village of Rushill in the parish of Balla, Co. Mayo.
INFORMANT: Michael Kennedy, Age 48 Rush Hill, Co. Mayo
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They had no lamps or lights except rush-candles and bog-deal splinters...
INFORMANT: Michael Kennedy, Age 48 Rush Hill, Co. Mayo
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My mother got married on the 4th March 1923 to Michael Kennedy of Rushhill in the parish of Balla.
INFORMANT: Michael Kennedy, Age 48, Rush Hill, Co. Mayo
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The woman of the house took no notice of them. She did not know they were fairies.
INFORMANT: Michael Kennedy, Age 48, Rush Hill, Co. Mayo
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Learn about some of the basket making techniques used by Michael Kennedy's father.
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Predict the weather using these tips from Michael Kennedy
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Once upon a time there lived in Fargureens a tailor named Reilly. He had to travel round to each village to make the clothes for the people.
Informant- Michael Kennedy, Age 48, Rush Hill, Co. Mayo
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Michael Kennedy Age 48
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Hedge schools once exist in Ireland up to the 1850's. They shorthly closed after a national education system came into existence. Here are a few stories from locals from back in 1938 given their accounts of Hedge Schools.
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