School: Trinity (roll number 2311)
- Location:
- Tigh an Churraigh, Co. Loch Garman
- Teacher: Mrs Dereveux
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0883, Page 153
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- It is told of a John Kehoe of Moortown that he could carry a twenty stone bag of wheat under each arm and walk on straw while doing so.
- In olden times people often walked from this locality to fairs in Ross and Enniscorthy a distance of Sixteen Irish miles and returned home walking on the same day.
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- Informant
- Peter Kelly
- Gender
- Male
- Age
- 75
- Address
- Trinity Cross Roads, Co. Loch Garman
- Mowers in the long ago could mow an acre of wheat in the day.
A story is told of a man who started to mow an acre of wheat one morning and finished it in time to go to town in the early afternoon. - Thomas Stafford, Coolstuff was a noted dancer. He used a famous jig step called "Cover the Buckle"
