HEDGE SCHOOL meaning: Informal, secret Irish educational gatherings - OneLook

Usually means: Informal, secret Irish educational gatherings.

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hedge school: Merriam-Webster
hedge-school, hedge-school: Collins English Dictionary
hedge-school, hedge school: Wordnik
hedge school: Wiktionary
Hedge school: Dictionary.com
Hedge school: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
Hedge School: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable (1898)
hedge school: FreeDictionary.org
Hedge school, hedge-school: TheFreeDictionary.com

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Definitions from Wiktionary (hedge school)

▸ noun: (historical, Ireland) A rudimentary school in 18th- and 19th-century Ireland, held outdoors or in a house or barn.

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hedge, home school, hedgemaking, chargehouse, hedge marriage, scholehouse, school-house, highschool, linhay, hoghouse, more...

Opposite:

formal education

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Similar:

hedge, home school, hedgemaking, chargehouse, hedge marriage, scholehouse, school-house, highschool, linhay, hoghouse, more...

Opposite:

formal education

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