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School: Clochar na Trócaire, Cappamore

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Cappamore, Co. Limerick
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0521, Page 235

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    requested somebody to hold them, and several times he jumped the pair of plough horses as they stood side by side in the ploughed garden.
    Casting
    It was a regular custom in this district, when a crowd of boys would meet at a cross road, they would select a good heavy stone, from a neighbouring wall for the cast and the sport would continue for hours to see who would send the stone the farthest. There would be as much energy and seriousness put into those casts, as if the country Championship were at stake.
    Weight Throwing
    The usual weights in weight throwing
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    Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.
    History Edit
    Topics
    1. activities
      1. social activities (~7)
        1. entertainments and recreational activities (~5,933)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Peig Ní Dhubhthaigh
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Cappamore, Co. Limerick
    Informant
    Nóra Ní Chonghaile
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Towerhill, Co. Limerick