School: Cartown, Clogherhead (roll number 1576)
- Location:
- Carstown, Co. Louth
- Teacher: Alice Mc Glue
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0675, Page 080
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- (continued from previous page)"I'll send him another" says Hullamuck "but I'll go myself this time & see what will happen"
He took the fattest bullock of all & drove it to Patrick himself.
"God bless you" said Patrick.
"Is that you think of my fine fat bullocks What good is that"?
"I'll show you" says St Patrick.
The saint got scales. On one side he put the three bullocks. On the other he put the blessing of God & the bullocks were a light as a feather compared with the blessing
"Well - if it is that great" said Hullamuck I'd like to get it."
"Very well then" said the saint "Come with me"
St Patrick brought Hullamuck to the shore. He cut a rod from a bush & with it he struck the rock. There burst forth a spring of clean fresh water & with this water St Patrick baptised Hullamuck.
- Informant
- Mrs Margaret Ownes
- Gender
- Female
- Age
- c. 66
- Occupation
- Oibrí tí
- Address
- Clogherhead, Co. Louth
