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1. Composition - Great Mowers (continued)

   

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   Dublin during the harvest, and reaped the harvest for the farmers there in olden times.

   

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2. Composition - Swift Runners

   

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   There was a man who lived in the house now belonging to Mr Patrick Daly. He was called John Clarke, in the townland of Coradua, in parish of Killinkere. He accomplished a journey of three miles in fifteen minutes from Killinkere chapel to Cross chapel three miles apart. It is said he could keep with a motor car going at it's quickest speed, it is also said that he could jump upon a horse's back from the ground and the horse trotting. When the people used to go about after rabbits and hares, they would pay

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   Language

   English

   Collector

   Arthur Mc Neill

   Gender

   Male

   Address

   Corradooa, Co. Cavan

   Informant

   Mr Peter Smith

   Gender

   Male

   Address

   Corradooa, Co. Cavan