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School: Adamstown (roll number 3755)

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Adamstown, Co. Wexford
Teacher:
D. Curtis
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0900, Page 066

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  1. The Origin of The Leap, Adamstown (continued)

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    (continued from previous page)
    He was lame, and his name was "Ferishka."
    The crossroads at the Leap,
    (about one mile from Adamstown).
    and where the above contest took place, and some of the fields surrounding are called "Ferishka."
    There are at the present time
    two stones driven into the ground, which are supposed to be the marks of that leap.
    One indicates the spot from where he jumped the other to show where he landed.
    The distance of the leap is over forty feet.
    These stones are there still, but in the course of tiime they have been altered.
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    Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.
    History Edit
    Topics
    1. agents (~1)
      1. historical persons (~5,068)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Mary L. Hughes
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Adamstown, Co. Wexford
    Informant
    John Jourdan
    Gender
    Male
    Age
    80
    Occupation
    Teacher
    Address
    Adamstown, Co. Wexford