School: Drumacruttan (roll number 10282)
- Location:
- Drumacruttan, Co. Monaghan
- Teacher: Rreard A. Maclyam
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0958, Page 207
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- (continued from previous page)name was Mr. Greason's grandfather he walked from Ballybay to Belfast and carried two ducks in a bag on his back. Biddy Maglone of Fenagh was a great runner the people called her souple Biddy for a nickname. Big Jack Ross of Greyglass was a great mower he could mow two acres in a day. Old Mrs.Greenan was a great dancer and I heard Daddy saying that she could jump over a man dancing and she could play a good dancing tune on the tongs. James McEntee of Corcaghan was a good jumper he could jump six feet. There was great fires at Ballybay and there were a lot of houses burned and there were two fires at Graham of Cadah about twenty years ago. There was a great plague after the great war called the flu and a lot of people died with it.
- Collector
- Evelyn Pollock
- Gender
- Female
- Address
- Feragh, Co. Monaghan
- Informant
- Mr John Pollock
- Gender
- Male
- Age
- 55
- Address
- Feragh, Co. Monaghan
