School: Castlegannon, Mullinavat (roll number 13028)

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1. How to Make Hats out of Rushes

   

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   When my Mother was a girl my great Grandmother showed her how to make hats out of rushes. This is the way she used to make them, she would pull the long rushes. Bleach them in the sun for a few days. Then she would get the best ones and plaite them in fours after a while she would shape the hat she would sew them with thread after a while she would shape the crown to keep the sun off your face.

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   Topics

   1. agents (~1)
      1. supernatural and legendary beings (~14,864)
   2. objects
      1. clothing and accessories (~2,403)

   Language

   English

   Collector

   Elizabeth Murphy

   Gender

   Female

   Address

   Castlebanny, Co. Kilkenny

2. A Ghost Story

   

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   Once upon a time a girl and her mother were going from Knockbrown to Mullinavat. It was very late in the night. When they were coming a black cat leaped out from the ditch. He kept behind the little girl along the road until she came to a river. When they got to the other side the cat was not to be seen anywhere. They heard three mournful cries saying Brigid. Brigid. They got very frightened and ran home as quick they could. When they got home they went to bed in the morning the little girl was dead.

   

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