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Village school
If they didn’t need to work, children were able to go to school.
Children could only go to school if there was no work for them to do on the land. In the spring and summer there was always plenty to be done, so they actually only went to school in the winter. Even then by no means all children attended – many of them never went to school at all. That only changed when the Compulsory Education Act was introduced in 1901. This school was not as comfortable as schools are today. There was a single classroom with a smoky peat fire in the middle and there were no toilets. The teachers were also rather different from those in modern-day schools. Nevertheless, the people of Lhee were proud of their school. They set it up themselves and also paid the teacher. It was not until later that the local authority started to do this. The teacher received a mere pittance, but was able to eat with the local farmers. He topped up his income by selling pens, ink and paper.
1782. Relocated here in 1953. Interior: 1850.