School: Inistioge (B.) (roll number 1916)
- Location:
- Inistioge, Co. Kilkenny
- Teacher: Máirtín Breathnach
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0859, Page 122
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- (continued from previous page)man working with him that he would carry forty stone of wheat from the house to the road and back up again which in all is seventy yards. Mr. Havanagh held the money which was two pounds. Denis won the bet. A number of people saw the feat.Great mowers
About forty years ago James Keeffe Carraghmore got up one morning at four o'clock to cut two acres of corn. At three o'clock that evening he had it finished. He cut it for Mr. John Smith of Killeen.
Thirty years ago James Brophy Inistioge cut an acre and a half of new hay in one day for Mr Basset of Inistioge.
- Collector
- Thomas Gaule
- Gender
- Male
- Address
- Inistioge, Co. Kilkenny
- Informant
- Mr James Leary
- Gender
- Male
- Age
- 78
- Address
- Inistioge, Co. Kilkenny
