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School: Baile an Chnuich (Hilltown)

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Hilltown, Co. Wexford
Teacher:
Simon Murphy
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0882, Page 183

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    Foulksmills threw a pig twenty stone weight over a creel on a horses car. Paddy Mc.Cormack Annestown was able to throw a fifty-six pound weight a distance of twenty eight feet seven inches. Richard Donnelly Busherstown loaded a hundred loads of dung in one day.
    Nicholas Colfer Coolishall jumped a gate seven feet high. Jack Bishop Foulksmills jumped over a bar fifteen feet nine inches high. Ned Quirke Kilcavan is able to climb one of the poles on the Railway-line.
    James White Carrig-On-Bannow was able to mow two acres of corn with a scythe in one day.
    Edward Morgan Knocktartan carried 30 stones of wheat up two flights of stairs in Wexford Corn stores.
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