School: Carrigbyrne (roll number 4479)
- Location:
- Carrickbyrne, Co. Wexford
- Teacher: Máire Cuirtéis
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0882, Page 433
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“There was a man an' he lived in this localty wan time. The divel a wan could frighten him.”
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“Two men were walking to a cross road wan Summer evenin', an' when they were passin' by Carrigbyrne rock gate a hedge-hog...”
Two men were walking to a cross road wan Summer evenin', an' when they were passin' by Carrigbyrne rock gate a hedge-hog came out undher the gate. They began to kick her, an' they made a foot ball of her. She made different offers to go over to Courtdale road. In the end they let her off, an' she went into an ould rath in Courtdale.
The men went afther her, but they couldn't see a sign o' her.