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   “There was a man living in Kilkenny named O Higgins.”

   

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   I heard the following story from Dan Meaden Bishop's Wood Durrow.
   There was a man living in Kilkenny named O'Higgins. When he was seven years of age he fell asleep outside a rath. When he woke up he saw a book, a fiddle and a sword. He ran to the fiddle and picked it up. After picking it up it began to play.
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   There was a famous itinerant fiddler around Kilkenny named O'Higgins. He died about 10 years ago.

   

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   “There was a man coming from Ballyraggett.”

   

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   I heard the following story from my mother Mary Dowling, a native of Durrow. There was a man coming from Ballepaggett. When he was coming near Durrow a man on a bicycle rode out beside him. The quicker he went the man beside him was as quick. When they were passing

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   Language

   English

   Collector

   Joseph Dowling

   Gender

   Male

   Age

   12

   Address

   Durrow, Co. Laois

   Informant

   Mary Dowling

   Relation

   Parent

   Gender

   Female

   Address

   Durrow, Co. Laois