School: Bennekerry, Carlow
- Location:
- Bennekerry, Co. Carlow
- Teacher: Liam Ó hAodha
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- Many years ago it was a custom for people to put a stone in a box for every mass they heard. When a year would be up, they would count the stones. Any Sunday they would miss Mass, they would put a large stone beside the box, so that no mistake would be made, at the counting of the stones.
There is a story told of a man who went to Mass in the old graveyard in Benekerry. It is said that when he died, the box of stones was buried in the grave with him.
- Collector
- Mary Fleming
- Gender
- Female
- Address
- Bennekerry, Co. Carlow
- In Ballyhale, in the Penal times, Masses were said. A priest by the name of Father Byrne used to come and say Mass. One morning during Mass a lot of soldiers rushed up and cut off the priest's head. This priest was(continues on next page)
