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1. A Halfpenny Race (continued)

   

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   for a wager.
   They crossed the Deel at Ballycorrown and got into the village of Carraloughy. Fortunately there was only a little water in the river as it was summer otherwise they should have been drowned.
   After they had crossed the Deel, Jimmy seemed to be lagging after his two and a half mile race but Michael seemed to keep up the same vigour with which he commenced.
   The distance from where they crossed the river at Ballycorrown to the main road at Carraloughy is three quarters of a mile, still they ran this distance and once only did Jimmy stop to rest himself. When they got on the road they ran southwards to the village of Rake-street which is one mile from Carraloughy. They had now completed a race of four and a quarter miles but still Jimmy ran on

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   Topics

   1. activities
      1. social activities (~7)
         1. entertainments and recreational activities (~5,933)

   Language

   English

   Collector

   Seán S. Ó Raghallaigh

   Gender

   Male

   Occupation

   Múinteoir

   Address

   Eskeragh, Co. Mayo

   Informant

   Anthony Barrett

   Gender

   Male

   Address

   Ballinloughaun, Co. Mayo