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   “There were great walkers in this district long ago.”

   

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   There were great walkers in this district long ago. These old people used to walk long journeys because there was no other way of travelling in olden times.
   There was a man living in Blackhall about sixty years ago and he was a great walker. This man's name was Thomas Daly. It is said that he walked to Dundalk and back. This journey is fifteen miles and he completed it both ways in seven hours. His business to Dundalk was to pay his rent and he went to a fair which was in Dundalk on that day.
   This man was also a great mower. It is said that he could mow two acres of corn or meadow in six hours with a raping hook. It is said that this man moved twelve acres of corn in three days.

   

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   “Long ago there was a man names Jim Briscoe from Blackhall.”

   

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   Long ago there was a man named Jim Briscoe from Blackhall. He could throw four stone weights twenty yards. He could throw a barrel of wheat over his head. He stood on his head on Termonfeckin castle. He hung from the top of the castle with his

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   Language

   English

   Collector

   Stephen Fleming

   Gender

   Male

   Address

   Balfeddock, Co. Louth

   Informant

   Katy Quail

   Gender

   Female

   Address

   Balfeddock, Co. Louth