School: Rathmeage, Hackettstown
- Location:
- Rathmeague, Co. Wicklow
- Teacher: Pádraig Ó Tuathail
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- (continued from previous page)whiskey & drank it. When he came back out Billy appeared to him again & Billy said "you weren't able to speak to me until you got the whiskey" & the man asked him what state was he in & he opened his coat & it was all in balls of fire inside & Billy told him if he'd pay a debt for him he'd get him out of Purgatory. The man had only one cow & he went off the next day & sold the cow & paid the debt & Billy was never seen after.
- Heard from Garret Kelly Knockanooker
Powerful King.There was one time there was a king and no one was able to fight him. Every day he used to come out & shout at the other army was there anyone able to fight him & they were all afraid to go near him & after etc.etc. This turns out to be the ordinary David and Goliath Story of the Bible. - Informant
- Garret Kelly
- Gender
- Male
- Address
- Knockanooker Lower, Co. Wicklow
