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School: Dungarvan, Gowran (roll number 7675)

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Dungarvan, Co. Kilkenny
Teacher:
Sean Hutton
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0861, Page 222

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    Many a happy winters evening I spent listning to my grandfather reciting old yarns. One he told me of which I was particularly fond, and this is it.
    Years ago a great wind blew over Ireland. There was a man herding cows in a field and it blew so hard that it drove all the hair on the cows right through their hides until it was sticking through on the
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    History Edit
    Language
    English
    Collector
    James Kelsey
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Bodal, Co. Kilkenny
    Informant
    Edward Brennan
    Relation
    Grandparent
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Gowran, Co. Kilkenny