School: Killyfargy
- Location:
- Killyfargy, Co. Monaghan
- Teacher: B. Ó Mórdha
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0947, Page 126
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You are not logged in, but you are welcome to contribute a transcription anonymously. In this case, your IP address will be stored in the interest of quality control.By clicking the save button you agree that your contribution will be available under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International License and that a link to dúchas.ie is sufficient as attribution. - Billy Williamson was born in 1802 near Crossreagh fort in the parish of Killeevan. The fashion at that time was to leave the tongs across the cradle on going out. When Billy was three months old his mother went out of the kitchen and she forgot to put the tongs across the cradle. When she came back the child was rolled up like a little ball in the cradle crying and from that day on Billy's legs never got any bigger that a baby's but the rest of his body did and he had as fine a looking body as you could see. When Billy was ten years old he took on to play the violin and he soon became a gifted musicianer. There never was a dance but Billy was there to play the fiddle.(continues on next page)
