School: Naomh Muire (B.), Droichead Átha (roll number 15125)
- Location:
- Drogheda, Co. Louth
- Teacher: A. Mac Uidhlinn
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0681, Page 037
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“Once upon a time there lived a priest who was paid to say a mass, but he forgot and he died.”
Once upon a time there lived a priest who was paid to say a mass, but he forgot and he died.
A little while after a man fell asleep in the chapel in which the dead priest used to say mass. He was locked in. At 12 oclock the priest came out of the vestry fully dressed in his vestments and he turned round and said "Is there any one to serve me"
The man did not answer. He told a priest and the next night both came to the chapel. The dead priest asked the same question which the priest answered.
He served him and the dead priest never seen again