School: Graiguenamanagh (B.) (roll number 16311)
- Location:
- Graiguenamanagh, Co. Kilkenny
- Teacher: Micheál Ó Cuanáin
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- Kathleen Gorra was a very wicked witch that persecuted the people of Co. Kilkenny. She lived in a small wood near Paulstown. The people were so frightened that they would not pass the wood after dark.
One Winter's evening a woman and her son were going home. They lived in Kellymount which is a hilly district overlooking the village of Paulstown. They tried to make the donkey trot up the steep hill. They had sold a firkin of(continues on next page)- Collector
- Edward Doran
- Gender
- Male
- Address
- Graiguenamanagh, Co. Kilkenny
- Informant
- Mr Michael Brophy
- Gender
- Male
- Age
- c. 70
- Occupations
- Farm labourer
- Worker
- Address
- Bohermore, Co. Kilkenny