School: Gabhailín (Golden), Cashel (roll number 7820)
- Location:
- Golden, Co. Tipperary
- Teacher: Tomás Mac Uidhir
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0576, Page 256
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Once upon a time two men were living together. One of them was a Protestant and the other was a Catholic. When the Protestant was dying the Catholic asked him to come back and tell him which religion was right and the Protestant said he would.
They settled on a certain night. When it was drawing near the night the Catholic got afraid. He went to the priest and the priest told him to go to the place and make a ring of holy water and tie a dog near it and go into the middle of the ring. When the man came he took the dog up in a ball of fire but he could not go inside(continues on next page)
- Collector
- Tim Landers
- Gender
- Male
- Address
- Mantlehill Great, Co. Tipperary
- Informant
- Ned Droney
- Gender
- Male
- Age
- 31
- Address
- Mantlehill Great, Co. Tipperary
