School: Kilcullen (B.)

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Kilcullen, Co. Kildare
Teacher:
Pádraig Ó Broin
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0776D, Page 19_002

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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0776D, Page 19_002

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    knocker would knock and so the two knockers would keep knocking all the time.
    A better trick was to get get a lot of furze and place them in front of a door till you could not see the door. They also put barrels of water against doors, knocked and then run away
    The above customs were told by Mr Joseph Sammon, Kilcullen Aged 68
    Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.