School: St Fiachra's, Ullard, Borris, Co. Carlow (roll number 3459)
- Location:
- Ullard, Co. Kilkenny
- Teacher: Máire Ní Ghuidhir
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- (continued from previous page)a cup of water and threw it on his face. This did not waken him so she sent for some of the neighbours who carried him inside and put him to bed where he reamained asleep for a year.
- Long ago the most sportly game in Ireland was cock fighting. At present this cock fighting game is against the law. The cocks then were not the same as the cocks that the farmer has at present. They were trained for fighting.
Tom Corrigan told me that Mr. Parson Graignamanagh always kept fighting cocks. These cocks were fed on boiled beef and oaten meal, to be fitted for fighting, and their feathers cut short. When they were going(continues on next page)- Collector
- Joan Mc Donald
- Gender
- Female
- Address
- Ballyjohnboy, Co. Kilkenny
- Informant
- Tom Corrigan
- Gender
- Male
- Age
- 65
- Address
- Ballyjohnboy, Co. Kilkenny