School: Johnswell, Kilkenny (roll number 3247)
- Location:
- Johnswell, Co. Kilkenny
- Teacher: D. Ó Héigceartaigh
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0862, Page 458
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“Many years ago a family decided to build a new house as their old one was ready to fall. They said they would build it in a certain field bot far from a rath.”
(continued from previous page)house. There was one big room in the house which they did not want, and it was left idle for some time. It happened that one member of the family a girl, who was working in a factory was sent home owning to her health breaking down. She was put to sleep in the big room, and the next day she was dead. After that the room was shut and no one ever entered it. A few years later the father and mother died. There were only a girl and two boys left then. The girl and one boy went off. Shortly the other boy got married(continues on next page)
- Collector
- Margy Manning
- Gender
- Female
- Informant
- Mrs Purcell
- Relation
- Relative (other than parent or grandparent)
- Gender
- Female
- Age
- 60
- Address
- Carrigeen, Co. Kilkenny