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School: Newtown, Kells (roll number 5053)

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Newtown (Shea), Co. Kilkenny
Teacher:
(name not given)
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    and that he left his trunks in the barracks, and slept in some other house so as they would not suspect him of having any armour. The loaded his trunks for him in the morning. He was very disoppointed to have the battle over, and he showed all the swords to my grandfather and he also gave him a great many.
    My grandfather had a great many boxes of balls for shooting. The Summer after
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    History Edit
    Topics
    1. genre
      1. belief (~391)
        1. folk belief (~2,535)
          1. treasure legends (~7,411)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Brigid Ní Leatlobhair
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Kilree, Co. Kilkenny
    Informant
    Mr John Lawler
    Gender
    Male
    Age
    48
    Address
    Kilree, Co. Kilkenny