School: Scartaglen (roll number 8184)
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- Scartaglin, Co. Kerry
- Teachers: D. Ó Dubháin E. Ó Murchú
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- (continued from previous page)after that race. The men long ago were as loose as hounds. They could catch hares and rabbits as quick as any hound. It was a short delay on Paddy Jones Cordal to catch them. Two [?] men from Cordal did it also. The [?] in Cordal were very loose men it seems I think it would take good hound to kill hares and rabbits now. Long ago it was on foot they travelled. Mick Culloty Goulán walked to Cork city in one day exactly. He started the morning very early and was landed home for sunset. It was a powerful walk, and one could not walk to Cork now in a week not to mind a day. They would not try to do it. They were good jumpers also. Nick Jones [?] jumped a horse at Adriville Bridge. [?] O'Leary Scartaglin jumped the Chapel [?] which is eight feet high. Tom Brosnan Scartaglin jumped the river Flesk which is twenty feet wide. They were very good jumpers, the best ever seen yet. Jim Leary Scart jumped the head of a rake which was seven feet and eight inches high also. That was another famous jump. Mowing with the(continues on next page)
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