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School: The Rower (C.), Inistioge (roll number 15161)

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The Rower, Co. Kilkenny
Teacher:
Labhaoise Nic Liam
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    “In years gone by there was a toll on the Ferry Mount Garret bridge”

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    In years gone by there was a toll on the Ferry Mount Garret bridge and any person wanting to walk across the bridge from the Co. Kilkenny side had to pay a halfpenny to the keeper at the gate before they could go across. One day a man came to the gate and paid his fare he asked the keeper if he could take a pracel across free, he said he left it up the road. The keeper told him he could. He went back a piece of the road and returned with another man on his back and walked across the bridge with him, he keeper of course could only look on.
    Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.
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    1. genre
      1. verbal arts (~1,483)
        1. jokes (~6,086)
    2. objects
      1. man-made structures
        1. public infrastructure
          1. roads (~2,778)
    Language
    English
    Informant
    Dick Murphy
    Gender
    Male
    Age
    c. 37
    Address
    The Rower, Co. Kilkenny