School: Ní fios/Unknown
- Location:
- Kilshannig, Co. Cork
- Teacher: Ní fios Unknown
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0362, Page 167
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- a towel to wipe the face of the earth, a sheet for the bed of the ocean, and a tooth for the mouth of the river.
………………………….. Story of a great walker.
There was a man who lived in this locality. His name was Stephan Lehane. His address was Kilcolman, Dromahane, Mallow. He used to walk from Kilcolman to Buttevant every morning work all day and walked the same distance back at night. He quarried stones for the Blackrock bridge and the main railway line from Cork to Dublin. It is now cast aside and replaced by a metal and steel Structure. He used to tell great stories about the time of the famine when food was scarce and men died of hunger.
This man was never ill during his life. and he lived to be almost a hundred years. He believed in plain food and was a constant smoker of tobacco.
- Informant
- James Flynn
- Gender
- Male
- Address
- Drommahane, Co. Cork
