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

Location:
Windgap, Co. Kilkenny
Teacher:
Bean Mhic Eóin
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    fields with the Easter water and sprinkled it on the four corners of the field also on all their cattle.
    In olden times bad people came to the tillage gardens and put eggs in the potatoes drills so as to take away produce of their crops. These bad people used also skim the wells on a May morning so as to take away the produce of the butter that would be washed in that water for the rest of the year.
    The cows are always
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    Topics
    1. events
      1. events (by time of year) (~11,476)
        1. May (~639)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Chrissie O' Shea
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Garryrickin, Co. Kilkenny