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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0742, Page 097

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    Long ago there lived in may parish a great runner named Thomas Greaghan. One day he was at a sports in Ballynacargy and he was going to run in a foot race because he was a great runner.
    He won the race and was very warm. He drank a cup of cold water and that night he got pneumonia.
    After many weeks he got better and when he was a month he lost the power of his legs.
    Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.
    History Edit
    Topics
    1. agents (~1)
      1. historical persons (~5,068)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Donal Fox
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Irishtown, Co. Westmeath
    Informant
    Andy Murphy
    Gender
    Male
    Age
    74
    Occupation
    Pensioner
    Address
    Churchtown, Co. Westmeath