School: Strang's Mills, Kilmacow
- Location:
- Strangsmill, Co. Kilkenny
- Teacher: Richard Rellis
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- There was a school in Parkareed about two miles from the village of Dunkitt. About twenty children used to attend there. The teacher was a Mrs Winifred Gough and she lived in the house where she taught. Her husband used to work in the quarries (already referred to)
- Informant
- Thomas Hart
- Gender
- Male
- Age
- 60
- Address
- Kilmacow, Co. Kilkenny
- As Mary sat by the fireside John passed by and said "A penny for your thoughts my pretty maid. Mary replied "Take from underneath you tread. What is sometimes put in bread Add to that the miser's hold. You have my thoughts and your penny saved
Answer - MatrimonyRiddle me, riddle me right
Where did I sleep last Saturday night
When the Bells of heaven struck eleven
They thought to send my poor soul to heaven(continues on next page)