School: Kildangan (C.) (roll number 2292)

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1. Local Heroes (continued)

   

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   150 time he went he bought a big sledge hammer and brought it home with him. The day he bought the hammer he saw a fancy waistcoat, but he had no money to buy it so he came home and got the money; and he walked back, bought the waistcoat and walked home again. Mr Finlay, Leix was famous for his strength. He used to carry a big stone roller on his shoulder from one field to the other. Mr. Colomy and Mr Connolly were famous mowers. They used to mow an acre in the day They would begin at eight o'clock and mow until six o'clock at night.

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2. Local Heroes

   

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   In the town of Monasteravan a certain old man lived; when he was a young man he could jump across the canal at a width of twenty two feet. This man's name is Mooney and he is alive still.
   Another Kildare man who was famous his wrestling whose name was Donnelly. He contested in a wrestling match with an Englishman named Cooper.
   The Irishman won the contest which was fought at the edge of the road leading to Du

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