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School: Droichead na Daoile (roll number 14736)

Location:
Lackalustraun, Co. Mayo
Teacher:
Máire, Bean Uí Ghallchobhair
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    Once there lived a man who wouldn't go to mass in his own parish church as he thought the priest who said mass there was not a good or holy priest. He went a long distance to mass. One Sunday as he was going to mass he was over taken by a stranger. The stranger asked him where he was going. He told him he was going to mass. The stranger said "You're going a long distance to mass while you could go to mass in your own church." "I know that." answered the man. "but I'm
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    History Edit
    Topics
    1. genre
      1. narratives (~478)
        1. religious tales (~1,085)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Maura Gallagher
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Mungaun, Co. Mayo
    Informant
    James Gallagher
    Gender
    Male
    Age
    48
    Address
    Mungaun, Co. Mayo