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School: Windgap, Thomastown (roll number 5698)

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Windgap, Co. Kilkenny
Teacher:
Bean Mhic Eoin
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0852, Page 120

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  1. The Blackthorn Bush

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    When the police barracks were in Windgap some years ago, the sergeant went down to Mr. Dunphy's and asked him could he cut a blackthorn stick on his land. Mr. Dunphy gave him permission and handed him a hand saw to cut it. It was on a moate the blackthorns were growing and when he had it cut it was a sally. He cut again and again and still they were sallies. When he returned to Mr. Dunphy's he told him what had happened. Mr. Dunphy laughed and told him it was a moate.
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  2. The Shadow

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