School: Lisdowney, Ballyragget
- Location:
- Lisdowney, Co. Kilkenny
- Teacher: Bean Uí Mheachair
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0868, Page 104
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- (continued from previous page)were quite innocent of the crime for which they were hanged.
- Once upon a time a woman put a stone into a box for every Sunday she heard Mass. At the end of a year she looked into the box but only saw one stone. She only heard one Mass properly for she always had her mind on her business. A certain man after being married refused to give any charity to the poor on the morning of the marriage. The poor cursed him that the first born child would be a cripple and he was for he had neither hands or feet.
- Collector
- Josie Carroll
- Gender
- Female
- Address
- Lisdowney, Co. Kilkenny
- Informant
- Mrs Mary Delaney
- Gender
- Female
- Age
- 77
- Occupation
- Farmer
- Address
- Ballyphilip, Co. Kilkenny
- The last Landlord of Lisdowney district was Lord Mt. Garret. He was a very hard Landlord and had for his agent the late Colonel(continues on next page)
