Show IRISH TONGUE CRUSHED OUT Curious Story of How Tally Stick Was Used Decades Ago to Kill Gaelic Language The curious story of af how haw the tally of the stick crushed out aut the remains ancient Irish language among Irish told children some same decades ago was the other ather day by T. T P. P OConnor O'Connor the Irish political leader When the English were wore determined to make all aH Ireland over Into a sort of England said Mr OConnor O'Connor they used some most unusual means Among these was the tally This was a small stick sUck of af wood which each child was forced farced to wear on a cord card about his neck Every time his parents par par- eats heard him him- say a word ward of Irish supposed to cut a notch natch Inthe inthe In Inthe they were American trappers trap trap- the stick sUck just as the I said to have old aId days are pers ners of af the notched the stocks of af their guns every I time they killed an Indian Then Thea when the child got to school the next counted the notches natches day lay the master And for far each notch the child was given one blow with a switch one notch natch en blow blaw two notches two blows six one notches natches six blows Thus the Irish Beaten out aut of or the language was mouths of af the Irish children the little ones anes were In school themselves not as to look on taught Sh h children but as English They h Irish history and were not nat ta taught any In them were patriotism the fires of af damped in every way there has come came But Dut of late years national movement in Ireland Ireland Ire- Ire UP a great restored the ancient which has land tongue and has bas mado made Gaelic Irish or ar of af their ancient literature liter liter- proud people the reawakened the pride atthe of at It has attire Irish nation natian A university has the Sit been founded In which the Irish just language Is now being taught by six professors or eight |