School: Killoughternane, Borris

Location:
Killoughternane, Co. Carlow
Teacher:
T. Ó Riain
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0905, Page 187

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  1. I once knew a woman and her daughter who went to cut firewood. As they were cutting the firewood, a shot was fired beside them, and they looked around and could see no smoke.
    They went to another place and another shot was fired at them, and they went to the third place and the third shot was fired at them.
    And they left that field and came in to another field and they could get all the firewood that they wanted.
    And the reason the shots were
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    Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Ellie Skelton
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Killoughternane, Co. Carlow
    Informant
    Mrs Griffeth
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Ballinree, Co. Carlow