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School: Druim Mór (roll number 16278)

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Dromore, Co. Sligo
Teacher:
Seosamh Ó Catháin
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  1. A Weightlifter

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    Michael Browne, my uncle, was a very strong man in his youth. Once he made a bet with a guard in Dromore, that he would lift an axle of a cart and the metal box in one hand and a half hundred weight in the other. So he straighted the axle with the metal box on top of it, with his left hand and the half hundred weight in the right hand and won the bet. The Guard tried to do the same thing but he failed.
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    History Edit
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Sara Browne
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Portaghbradagh, Co. Sligo
    Informant
    Robert Browne
    Gender
    Male
    Age
    50
    Address
    Portaghbradagh, Co. Sligo