School: Gleann Fhaoilidh (Gleneely)
- Location:
- Gleneely, Co. Donegal
- Teacher: Pádraig Mac Fhinn
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 1099, Page 249
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- Some time ago there lived a minister who was very fond of money. He a large congregation and he was asking them for money every Sunday but none of them wanted to pay anything. he tried all means but did not succeed.
He gave money to a few of his old friends to encourage others to pay but that did not make them pay any better. He told them that something would happen to them. he said that they would have no luck whatever with their crops or cattle when they did not pay him.
Finally he got tired asking them to pay. At long and at last he thought of a plan. The following Sunday he told them if they would not pay that week he would make God pour down vengeance on them.
There happened to be a loft on the church and he paid a man to go up to the loft with an armful of "shows". He told him when he would call to him to pour down vengeance he was to light the "shows" and throw them(continues on next page)
- Collector
- Jim Wilson
- Gender
- Male
- Age
- 13
- Address
- Gleneely, Co. Donegal
- Informant
- Jim Bradley
- Relation
- Relative (other than parent or grandparent)
- Gender
- Male
- Address
- Corradooey, Co. Donegal
