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School: St Fiachra's, Ullard, Borris, Co. Carlow (roll number 3459)

Location:
Ullard, Co. Kilkenny
Teacher:
Máire Ní Ghuidhir
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0857, Page 152

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  3. XML “The Harper”
  4. XML “Churning”

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  1. The Harper (continued)

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    wished to warn them. He knew that they were at the St. Mullins side of the Barrow so he played.
    "Make for "Croc na Barra,"
    On through Skippagh Hollow,
    From that to Thuks Sthuka
    For the rope is tarring for me."
    When the other harpers heard this they knew their lives were in danger and fled.
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  2. Churning

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    Miss Coady High St. told me that when she was living at Ullard they had an old churn over one hundred years old but that it got broken. She said it was four and a half feet high, and three feet wide. It was narrow at the bottom and wide at the top. It was a dash churn
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    History Edit
    Topics
    1. activities
      1. economic activities
        1. agriculture (~2,659)
          1. butter and churns (~3,280)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Kathleen Maguire
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Graiguenamanagh, Co. Kilkenny