School: Strang's Mills, Kilmacow

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1. Famous Local Man

   

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   A man named Ned Conway or "Ned Raddles" as he was popularly was known as a famous potato digger. He worked from day-break till dark & always had the potatoes in one long heap in a straight line down the whole drill. He could beat any two other men no matter how strong they were. He died & was buried in an old church-yard in a townland called Ullid. And his spade was put into the coffine wityh him when he was being buried

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   1. activities
      1. economic activities
         1. trades and crafts (~4,680)
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      1. historical persons (~5,068)

   Language

   English

   Informant

   Peter Phelan

   Gender

   Male

   Age

   76

   Address

   Kilmacow, Co. Kilkenny

2. Old Craft

   

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   In Moolum a hilly district situated between Kilmacow and Mullinavat an old woman used to grow flax on her own farm and then reap it & put the flax through all the necessary processes. She had to steep it in a pond in her own field as she would be prosecuted & fined heavily if she were caught steeping the flax in the river (Blackwater a tributary of the Suir) as the poison given off by the flax would kill the fish

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