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Grieving Mum Pieces Together A World Record


World’s Largest Jigsaw Puzzle

Lynda Connolly writes in The Nationalist:

A Carlow (Ireland) woman has just completed the world’s largest jigsaw puzzle, 9 ft wide, 6 ft high and many hours long. The intricate piece is made up of 18,240 pieces and took her ten months.

Mrs Mary Corden, started large jigsaw puzzles after her son, Andrew, passed away in May 2002. Keeping her mind on the complex pieces seemed to help her cope with the loss.

The huge piece depicts four maps in Latin. “The most difficult pieces were the ones in the outer frame. Not only are they the same color... Keep reading...


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