School: Séipéal na Carraige (roll number 5478)
- Location:
- Rockchapel, Co. Cork
- Teacher: Donncha Ó Géibheannaigh
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0351, Page 173
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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. - Some girls pray to certain Saints for good husbands, especially to Saint Antony. The following story is said to be true.A girl had been praying to Saint Antony for a husband for a long time and nobody had turned up. One day she got into a temper and threw the statue of the saint out the window. A man was passing at the time and the statue hit him on the head. He got a very severe wound and was taken into the house. The doctor was sent for and ordered that he could not be moved for a time. He was kept on at the house. The girl helped to nurse him. He fell in love with her and they got married. So Saint Antony did find a husband for her.
