School: Windgap, Thomastown (roll number 5698)
- Location:
- Windgap, Co. Kilkenny
- Teacher: Bean Mhic Eoin
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0852, Page 087
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- (continued from previous page)that it was he that was drinking his drink for he was wondering for ages before who was drinking his drink. Kirwan was brought to be arrested and the justice condemed him to be hanged. When he was brought to the gallows and the rope around his neck and all the jury asked him had he anything worth wishing for. So Kirwan said "I have a little red cap with ages and ages and if I had it now I could die willingly" So they gave him the cap and he said the magic words. Immediately he was loosened away from the gallows and he was landed back to his own townsland - Kilmogany.
- At one time there lived up in the north of Ireland a woman named Walsh. She was married and her husband was dead. She had two daughters and one son and was very poor. Every day her youngest daughter used to tell her that she was going to seek her fortune soon.
One day this little girl said to her mother "Bake a cake for me now then cut it in three quarters(continues on next page) - Collector
- Kitty Ryan
- Gender
- Female
- Informant
- Jim Butler
- Relation
- Not a relative
- Gender
- Male
- Occupation
- Traveller
