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School: Windgap (C.), Thomastown (roll number 5698)

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Windgap, Co. Kilkenny
Teacher:
Bean Mhic Eóin
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0851, Page 127

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    About fifty or sixty years ago a man named Power was going to the brewery in Kilkenny for grains for the feeding of pigs. In these times people used to start very early the night before. This man had no watch or clock so he must have started about 11 or 12 o'clock the night before. However he had only gone a short distance when he found out he had forgotten something so he had to
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    History Edit
    Topics
    1. agents (~1)
      1. supernatural and legendary beings (~14,864)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Josie Phelan
    Gender
    Female
    Informant
    Patrick Dooley
    Gender
    Male
    Age
    58
    Address
    Callan, Co. Kilkenny