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School: Ringville, Slieverue (roll number 6621)

Location:
Ringville, Co. Kilkenny
Teacher:
Síle de Paor
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0845, Page 073

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    Long ago in Ireland there were very few house. Cattle were grazing in the fields. Every evening the cows came home to be milked.
    The first of the cows wound her way across the grass. The others followed in her track. In this way a beaten track was made.
    When men went out to work they went by the path which the animals had made, and so it grew wide.
    Stones were thrown to make it dry and clean.
    The cow-path grew into a road.
    By and by, the fields were divided up, and the twisting road was made the boundry.
    Houses were built beside it on both sides. The houses grew into a
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    Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.
    History Edit
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Margaret Walsh
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Ballinlaw, Co. Kilkenny
    Informant
    Walter Hennebry
    Relation
    Grandparent
    Gender
    Male
    Age
    c. 76
    Address
    Ballinlaw, Co. Kilkenny