School: Rathmeage, Hackettstown
- Location:
- Rathmeague, Co. Wicklow
- Teacher: Pádraig Ó Tuathail
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0920, Page 339
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- Laurence Whelan again.
There used be another big cat fight at Quigleys. One night [Led?] Quigley was listening to them in the middle of the night one cat cried out "Don't kill my son Kate Collins' cat."
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- Laurence Whelan
- Gender
- Male
- Address
- Knockanooker Lower, Co. Wicklow
- Lost Sheep
One time there was a young man after getting married. Some sheep of his strayed away & he got an account of them being on a hill somewhere. So he got up early next morning & broke his fast with bread & milk and started off. It was said there was a rath on the hill & it was covered in with white thorn. He wasent long on the hill when a heavy fog fell, but he kept travelling till he got tired. He didn't know where he was or how he would get off the hill. At last he discovered a lovely place covered over with trees. He could not remember having seen it before so he thought surely he was a long ways out of his way. When he was approaching it a lovely girl made her appearance at the entrance of it he asked her did he see any sheep anywhere and she(continues on next page)
