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School: Killyclare

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Killycleare, Co. Cavan
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 1017, Page 014

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    Mr. Robert Watson could lift a sack of meal with one hand and put it in a cart.
    He could throw the anvil of the near by forge two perches.
    Miss Maggie Nnesbitt Glassdrummond, Coroneary, Bailieboro walked to Dublin to buy a pot in one day and when she got the pot she out it on her head and walked home again.
    Mr. Paddy Campbell could mow one acre of ground in one day. He could mow a swath six feet wide.
    Mr. John Bannon could run as quickly as a horse galloping.
    Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.
    History Edit
    Topics
    1. agents (~1)
      1. historical persons (~5,068)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Henry Turner
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Glasdrumman, Co. Cavan