School: Uillineach (roll number 6584)
- Location:
- Ullinagh, Co. Monaghan
- Teacher: Sibéal Pollock
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0941, Page 168
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- (continued from previous page)of them and make them jump over his head. He could leave 7 or 8 barrels in a row and jump from one into the other. Robert Wilson could also do this. James Geoghen is dead now ; he lived at Greagh.Tommy Mc Nally could easily swim a mile and float the same. He is dead. He lived in Drumlane.Pat Fox who is still alive could mow 1½ acres in a day with a scythe. Pat ward could do the same. He is dead.John Mc Bride who is dead now was a great story teller.Mickey Greenan ate 3 meals a day breackfast, dinner, supper. He ate a whole pot of porridge for breakfast and the same for supper. For dinner he ate a whole stone of potatoes. He set ¼ acre of potatoes a day with a spade.(continues on next page)
- Collector
- Harold Cuming
- Gender
- Male
- Informant
- Paddy Duffy
- Gender
- Male
