School: Cluain Tuirc (C.)
- Location:
- Cloonturk, Co. Leitrim
- Teacher: Máire Ní Gharaidh
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0217, Page 135
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You are not logged in, but you are welcome to contribute a transcription anonymously. In this case, your IP address will be stored in the interest of quality control.By clicking the save button you agree that your contribution will be available under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International License and that a link to dúchas.ie is sufficient as attribution. - One day when the Blessed Virgin was passing through a city she lost a needle which she had in her cloak. She went into a tailor's shop and asked the tailor for a sewing needle but he refused. She next went into a cobbler and she asked him for his awl and he gave it her. Ever since the cobbler's awl is blessed and the tailor's needle is cursed.
- In my parish there are two graveyards namely "Annaduff graveyard and the "Protestant chapel graveyard."(continues on next page)
