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School: Garrygaug, Kilmacow

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Garrygaug, Co. Kilkenny
Teacher:
Siobhán Bhreathnach
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0843, Page 294

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    About a quater of a mile down the road from Knockhouse village, there was a grocery shop owned by Hantens. It was a slate house in which there was only a room and a kitchen. One half of the room served as a shop amd the other half as a bed room. Four people lived in this little shop, a man his wife and two children, a son and a daughter. Every week hey used to go in the ass and ear through Ballinacooley and Kilmacow to Waterford to buy grocery. About every second morning they used to go on the ass to Farrells bakery in Kilmacow for
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    History Edit
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Kathleen Wallace
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Rochestown, Co. Kilkenny
    Informant
    Mr John Wallace
    Relation
    Parent
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Rochestown, Co. Kilkenny