School: Naomh Bríghid, Blackwater (roll number 7036)
- Location:
- Blackwater, Co. Wexford
- Teacher: Diarmuid Ó Súilleabháin
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0886, Page 015
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- (continued from previous page)for a wager, at the same time wading in straw up to his knees.Swift Runners:
Mr. Belvin and his wife both assure me they saw Phelim "Darby" on a harvest evening some 40 years ago chase and capture a rabbit after a run over two fields and into his own haggardGreat Walkers : Paddy Belvin father of the above walked from Dublin home within a June day. He left Dublin at 3 a.m, sat down and rested and fell asleep at sunset at a point two miles from his home. A passer-by awakened him and he related the remaining two miles was the test.Tommy Mythen of Ballina Blackwater did better even. He walked from Dublin also but to a point four miles further on. When he entered his own bán he saw a farm cart "heeled". "Take off the back band" said he and then with a mighty bound he jumped the car clear -'sailing out between the shafts'(continues on next page)
- Informant
- John Belvin
- Gender
- Male
- Age
- 76
- Occupation
- Labourer
- Address
- Ballyvaldon, Co. Wexford
