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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 239

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  3. XML “A Funny Story”
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  1. A Funny Story (continued)

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    bull would be roaring in your stomach all night".
    "Troth and if he would man said the workman "It wouldn't be for the want of turnips he'd be roaring.
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  2. Care of Feet

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    My father told me that some years ago both boys and girls used to come to school up to ninteen and eighteen years in their bare feet. There are the ruins of an old house at Kennedy's Lodge. An old woman lived there who used to wear no shoes from Easter until Christmas except when she was going to mass on a Sunday or Holiday.
    About fiftey yards from the Old School there is the site of an old house which we
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    Topics
    1. objects
      1. clothing and accessories (~2,403)
        1. shoes (~1,841)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Alice Maguire
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Graiguenamanagh, Co. Kilkenny