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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 258

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    eaten the corn grew up and was fit to eat the following day. When they were cutting the corn the soldiers came and asked if they saw a man, woman, and child.
    They said they did and the soldiers asked when did they see them. They said they saw them the day they were sowing the corn.
    Then the soldiers thought it was a long time since they were sowing the corn and they went away. On the way they heard a sound in the grass saying "Indhe, Indhe".
    The meaning of indhe is yesterday. The name of the insect is the threshold and
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    Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.
    History Edit
    Topics
    1. genre
      1. narratives (~478)
        1. religious tales (~1,085)
          1. the Holy Family (~429)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Mai Fitzgerald
    Gender
    Female
    Informant
    Mary Frances Prendergast
    Gender
    Female
    Age
    12
    Occupation
    Scholar