School: Strang's Mills, Kilmacow

Location:
Strangsmill, Co. Kilkenny
Teacher:
Richard Rellis
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0845, Page 267

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  1. A man named Ned Conway or "Ned Raddles" as he was popularly was known as a famous potato digger. He worked from day-break till dark & always had the potatoes in one long heap in a straight line down the whole drill. He could beat any two other men no matter how strong they were. He died & was buried in an old church-yard in a townland called Ullid. And his spade was put into the coffine wityh him when he was being buried
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    1. activities
      1. economic activities
        1. trades and crafts (~4,680)
    2. agents (~1)
      1. historical persons (~5,068)
    Language
    English
    Informant
    Peter Phelan
    Gender
    Male
    Age
    76
    Address
    Kilmacow, Co. Kilkenny
  2. In Moolum a hilly district situated between Kilmacow and Mullinavat an old woman used to grow flax on her own farm and then reap it & put the flax through all the necessary processes. She had to steep it in a pond in her own field as she would be prosecuted & fined heavily if she were caught steeping the flax in the river (Blackwater a tributary of the Suir) as the poison given off by the flax would kill the fish
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