School: Castlecomer (B.) (roll number 1118)
- Location:
- Castlecomer, Co. Kilkenny
- Teacher: D. Ó Riada
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0864, Page 132
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You are not logged in, but you are welcome to contribute a transcription anonymously. In this case, your IP address will be stored in the interest of quality control.By clicking the save button you agree that your contribution will be available under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International License and that a link to dúchas.ie is sufficient as attribution. - Long ago the old people used to say that if you go out to the nearest well on the first of May at five o'clock and give some of the water to your cows they will milk good all the year. But what used to happen was, the smart people used to go around with buckets and milk their neighbours' cows when they went to the well. This was soon stopped, for one morning two of the smart boys came to the same cow house, and they began to fight. While they were fighting the farmer came back from the well and caught them. Both(continues on next page)
