School: Ballydaniel (roll number 13892)
- Location:
- Ballydaniel, Co. Kilkenny
- Teacher: Micheál Mac Amhlaoimh
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- (continued from previous page)Shrove TuesdayOn Shrove Tuesday the people in this district long ago used to throw oaten bread against their door "to keep away strarvation and to drive the hunger to the Turks"
- In Carrigeen (Three Castles Kilkenny) are big rocks called the Jackdaw Rocks. In one rock there is a hole called "Márnavocishe's Hole." In bygone years an old woman called "Márnavocishe" lived there. She was very "odd", and used to go from one rock to another. One is larger than the other. A priest used to visit her there and say Mass for her. Bits of metal pots and other vessels which she used were seen there some time ago.