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School: Hollyfort (roll number 12523)

Location:
Hollyfort, Co. Wexford
Teacher:
Mabel Vaughan
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0888, Page 260

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    There was a man, long ago in the town-land of Ballymoney who was able to carry his plough from field to field and was also able to carry a hay rake. He could ride a horse and hold the rake in his hands. There was another man in the town-land of Carrigacroe who was a great stone thrower.
    Two men lived in the town-land of Tubberneering one jumped 21. feet and the other 22. feet high.
    About 80 years ago when my grandmother was a child, a very strong man lived near Gorey
    He could lift an enormous bag of potatoes or sack of corn. It was said he could throw a stone the length of a field nearly a mile long.
    In my grandmother's time
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    Topics
    1. agents (~1)
      1. historical persons (~5,068)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    May Bass
    Gender
    Female
    Age
    11
    Address
    Ballingarry Lower, Co. Wexford
    Informant
    Mrs Conway
    Gender
    Female
    Age
    80
    Address
    Wicklow Gap, Co. Wicklow
    Informant
    Mrs Grange
    Gender
    Female
    Age
    81
    Address
    Slievebaun, Co. Wexford