School: Banahoe
- Location:
- Banagher, Co. Cavan
- Teacher: A. Mac an Bháird
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0978, Page 122
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- A man named O'Reilly who lived in Killanure, Crosskeys jumped from the road into a cart which was moving and on which there was a crib two feet high. He never laid hands on anything
while performing the jump.
Two brothers of the name of O'Reilly who lived in Lavey were to take a litter of pigs to the fair of Virginia on a certain day. When that morning came the roads were coated with ice and a horse [?] travel. So putting the sucker into the cart the brother took a shaft each and took the cart to the fair, a distance of six miles. They took back the empty cart the same night. These men were of fine physique and were noted for their strength.
In a certain town in the midlands of Ireland a tinker named Doherty put on a bet of £5 with a publican that he would fight his bulldog. The tinker was taken into the place where the bulldog was kept and stoop(continues on next page)
- Informant
- James Mc Cabe
- Gender
- Male
- Age
- 76
- Address
- Cross Keys, Co. Cavan
