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    On one occasion when Joe Mór McDonnell was at a meeting, an Englishman shouted to the gathering to look at the man who ate meat on Friday, pointing out Joe Mór. Poor Joe was perplexed for a moment, but all at once he inquired, if his interrupter could read Italian and as there was no reply he took a supposed letter from the Pope out of his pocket, and translated the following?
    "My dear Joe,
    I am sorry to hear you are not well. You have my permission to eat meat on every day of the year, and eat it ". This should
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    Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.
    History Edit
    Topics
    1. am
      1. tréimhsí staire sonracha (~25)
        1. aimsir na bpéindlíthe (~4,335)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Dorothy Mc Donagh
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Cloontaconnagh, Co. Mhaigh Eo