School: Kilmacow (B.) (roll number 14187)
- Location:
- Kilmacow, Co. Kilkenny
- Teacher: P. Ó Loingsigh
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- Long ago when the Jones's were very popular in this part of the country the people used to pass through their place to Mass. Now old Jones was a black Protestant but they had a rule that if a person passed through a field for a few years without being stopt he had a right of way of that path.
Jones knew this but he adv. for a wicked bull which he put in the field through which the people passed. This stopped them for a time. At that time bull-fighters were common. After a time one of these bull-fighters came to work with a farmer in Kilmacow. When he heard of the bull he told the farmer who was a devout catholic that he would remove the abstacle if he would let him off an hour early next Sat. evening. The farmer agreed. When Sat. evening arrived he went and cut a half a(continues on next page)
- Collector
- James Walsh
- Gender
- Male
- Address
- Dangan, Co. Kilkenny
- Informant
- Patrick Walsh
- Gender
- Male
- Age
- 50
- Occupation
- Railway worker
- Address
- Dangan, Co. Kilkenny
