School: Windgap, Thomastown (roll number 5698)

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   Any person by the name of Cahill could cure tetters by their blood. Mrs. White from the Slate Quarries can cure ring-worm by herbs.

   

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2. Mass Paths

   

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   There is a Mass Path going from Tom Phelan's Rossanene to the "Old Seague House" in Windgap. The people travelled to Mass that way as it was a short cut. The path is very narrow at the beginning but it gets wider up at the top.
   There is another "Mass Path" coming in from the Frankfort road to Windgap Church. It runs through a field and many people came in that way to Mass.

   

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3. Local Place Names

   

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   James Prendergast has a field called "The Sand Pit Field" because there is a pit in the middle of the field and trees grow all around it. Tom Phelan Rossanene also has a field

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   Topics

   1. place-space-environment
      1. local lore, place-lore (~10,595)

   Language

   English

   Location

   Windgap, Co. Kilkenny

   Collector

   Kitty Ryan

   Gender

   Female

   Age

   13