School: Clochar na Trócaire, Ceannanus Mór
- Location:
- Kells, Co. Meath
- Teacher: Máthais Íde
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0702, Page 225
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- Mick Hughes of Maperath was a great mower.
He was known to cut 1 1/2 acres of meadow in one day with a scythe.
There was also a woman named Smith living in Co. Cavan who was great at the reaping hook.
She could hold her own along with two men.
Elizabeth Davidson was a protestant woman who lived in Maperath She could mow like a man, She could make her own asse's cart, shoe her own ass, and mend her own harness
- Collector
- Annie Farrelly
- Gender
- Female
- Age
- 12
