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School: San Leonard, Ballycullane

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Saintleonards, Co. Wexford
Teacher:
Mary B. Dunphy
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    There were a brother and sister living in Kilbrick near Duncannon. A soldier happened on the boy one day and he had him up against the ditch to kill him. Fortunately his sister came up behind the soldier and stuck a pike in his back just as he was in the act of driving his spear into the boy. At that moment the boy shouted to his sister to draw the pike from the soldier's back. She did so and the soldier dropped dead out of his saddle. Only for the boy's presence of mind the soldier would have had time to kill him as he would live with the pike stuck in his back, but when it was withdrawn he dropped dead.
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    History Edit
    Topics
    1. time
      1. historical periods by name (~25)
        1. 1798 (~642)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Mary B. Dunphy
    Gender
    Female
    Occupation
    Teacher
    Informant
    Mrs Joe Rowe
    Gender
    Female
    Age
    40
    Occupation
    Cottager
    Address
    Coolroe, Co. Wexford