School: Newtown, Kells (roll number 5053)
- Location:
- Newtown (Shea), Co. Kilkenny
- Teacher: (name not given)
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- (continued from previous page)were in bed.
First my mother heard some terrible noise, the noise was so loud that it wakened her, afterwards, she called me, and I heard it also.
We heard it for about an hour or two, then it stopped.
We took no heed of it, for we thought it was a motor-car.
The next day, my mother was talking to a few neighbours, and they said that they(continues on next page)
- Collector
- James Sweeney
- Gender
- Male
- Address
- Goodwinsgarden, Co. Kilkenny
- Informant
- John Sweeney
- Gender
- Male
- Age
- 45
- Address
- Goodwinsgarden, Co. Kilkenny
