School: Corvoy
- Location:
- Corvoy, Co. Monaghan
- Teacher: Ss. Ó Dubhthaigh
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0951, Page 007
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- (continued from previous page)great slab laid accross them several tons in weight. The impression of several large hands and the fingers are plain to be seen as if they had been cut in the solid stone.
- There was a man a long time ago and there was a statue of the Blessed Vergin at a church convenient to where he lived. He went to that place every day or night and said a prayer to the Blessed Virgin. It happened that he got into trouble and was sentenced to be hanged.
On his way to the scaffold he had to pass this statue. As(continues on next page) - Collector
- Joseph Ward
- Gender
- Male
- Address
- Corvoy, Co. Monaghan
- Informant
- Mrs Ward
- Relation
- Parent
- Gender
- Female
- Address
- Corvoy, Co. Monaghan
