School: Lisdowney, Ballyragget
- Location:
- Lisdowney, Co. Kilkenny
- Teacher: Bean Uí Mheachair
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0868, Page 125
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- The shades of night were falling on the battle field.
The moon shone on the dying and the dead.
And all that could be heard was the voice of a wild bird.
That twittered o'er the dying soldiers head. - Collector
- Josie Carroll
- Gender
- Female
- Address
- Lisdowney, Co. Kilkenny
- Informant
- Mr James Dunne
- Gender
- Male
- Age
- 60
- Occupation
- Labourer
- Address
- Ballyphilip, Co. Kilkenny
- In the townland of Ballyragget Co. Kilkenny there lived a man whose name was James Cuddihy. One day when he was driving an ass, a dog barked at him and he said the wheels of the cart were mad. For he said the dog bit them and the wheels would have to be shot.(continues on next page)
