School: Bigwood, Mullinavat (roll number 2961)
- Location:
- Rathnasmolagh, Co. Kilkenny
- Teacher: Tomás Ó Briain
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- When Freyne The Robber used to frequent this locality there was a courageous man working on the farm now owned by Mr Thomas Aylward Charlestown.
He used to frighten and trick the people but no body could frighten or trick himself.
One night Freyne after one of his escapades came to the farm as a stranger and began to talk about the fearless man. He farmer told Freyne he would give one hundred pounds to the person who would capture, "Fearless John" and send him to him naked.
Freyne said he would undertake the task and said, "I will send him to you, though I be unarmed." So he went out and brought back two cabbage stalks. He blackened them in the fie and holed them.
At last Freyne went(continues on next page)
- Collector
- Thomas Willon
- Gender
- Male
- Address
- Fahy, Co. Kilkenny
- Informant
- Patrick Quinn
- Gender
- Male
- Address
- Fahy, Co. Kilkenny
