School: Cluain Meacan (roll number 11451)

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   of young men that had a bet with him that he would not throw a heavy stone, which was four stone weight thirty feet. He then caught the stone, and threw it more than thirty feet. All the men were surprised at that, and he got his bet, whatever it amounted to.

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2. Local Heroes

   

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   Shone Burns was a very strong man. One day he went into a forge and when the smith went out Shone caught the anvil with his left hand and put it behind his back and when the smith came in he did not know where the anvil was gone to. After a long time Shone took it from behind his back and the smith thought that he had some magic power.
   Another day there was a man passing a forge and Shone was standing outside the door and the man

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