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School: Caitrín Naomhtha, Eachdhruim (roll number 14423)

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Aughrim, Co. Galway
Teacher:
Pádraig Ó Ceocháin
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0029, Page 0539

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    the priest, but that priest had to attend the man in his dying hour. I heard of a woman, who was very great with her parish priest. One day she got sick and she sent for the priest. The priest, however, could not come for a while, but when he came she started to abuse him, so he went away again without doing his duty.
    After a few days she got a stroke, and the Curate had to come to attend her. It is believed that if she did not abuse the priest, she would not have got the stroke. I heard that there were no Mass Bells long ago, as the old poem says:-
    "No bell on our steeple to give
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    Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.
    History Edit
    Topics
    1. genre
      1. narratives (~478)
        1. religious tales (~1,085)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Philomena Minton
    Gender
    Female