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School: Cnoc Breac

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New Inn, Co. Galway
Teacher:
M. Ó Maoldúin
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0045, Page 0298

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    he stood a while to listen. As it was time to go to Mass he went off and the ray was shining as usual.
    He took off his coat to put it hanging on the rays but to his surprise it fell on the floor. After Mass he went into the priest and told him that the rays did not keep up his coat and he could not think of anything he done save to listen to a fight going on in a house.
    The priest said he shouldn't have listened to the fight and that was why the rays did not keep up his coat. The man went home and he never listened to a fight after that. Some old
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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)
    Folktales index
    AT0759B: Holy Man Has his own Mass
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Annie Ryan
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    New Inn, Co. Galway
    Informant
    Thomas Melody
    Gender
    Male
    Age
    75
    Address
    Corrabaun, Co. Galway