School: Strang's Mills, Kilmacow
- Location:
- Strangsmill, Co. Kilkenny
- Teacher: Richard Rellis
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0845, Page 297
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“A native of Kilmacow named Martin Walsh was a great mower He could mow something more than one acre in a day.”
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A native of Kilmacow named Martin Walsh was a great mower
He could mow something more than one acre in a day.
- Brides sometimes came to see the place of her husband-to-be accompanied by her relations. If the man was not well off, Cattle & ricks of hay & also of straw were sometimes borrowed from the neighbours in order to deceive the others into giving as big a fortune as possible. They were removed before the parties came home from the wedding. This was not a constant practice but it occurred in some known cases
- Informant
- Robin Knox
- Gender
- Male
- Age
- 72
- Address
- Kilmacow, Co. Kilkenny
- see page 93
[baíntín] field = a small little level field
Inch field = between two streams of water.
Doctor's Lane = From a doctor who lived at the end of the land
Sloggeries = a big area of bog & marsh
