School: Cloonmorris (roll number 12496)
- Location:
- Cloonmorris, Co. Leitrim
- Teacher: Michael J. Conboy
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0219, Page 140
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- One day my grandfather (Coote Geelan) was making a cross-roads by rounding corners and building walls. He had a young butt of a man named Pat Fallon working for him. Pat was working for him from he was young until he was about 70 years old
One day he ate a big dinner of bacon cabbage and potatoes. When he had finished he said, "We'll go down to Burbage and have a drink. So they went down When they went in they called for two drinks. They were drinking for a while & the talk started about all Fallon could eat. My grandfather said he would eat a two-lb loaf, two penny candles, half a pound of soap and a pint of water, after a big dinner. Miss Burbage and her brother said he would'nt be able "Well" said my grandfather "I'll bet 7s/6d that he will eat them. The other two bet 7s/6d that he wouldn't, He got the feed of candles etc. He didn't stop until he ate them every bit.He won 15/= and then went out & finished his day's work as good as any man.(continues on next page)
- Collector
- Teresa Beirne
- Gender
- Female
- Address
- Edercloon, Co. Longford
- Informant
- Coote Geelan
- Gender
- Male
- Age
- 69
- Occupation
- Farmer
- Address
- Cloonageeher, Co. Longford
