School: Druim Míleadh (roll number 14898)
- Location:
- Drumeela, Co. Leitrim
- Teacher: Ailbeard Mac an Ríogh
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0229, Page 154
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- (continued from previous page)4. In the graveyard of Kill about two miles from the village of Kilnaleck is the grave of a priest called Father Brady. All knowledge and trace of him seems to have been lost. Nothing is known except the extraordinary efficacy of the clay on his grave.
The grave is almost indistinguishable from surrounding graves. A spoonful of the clay cures toothache and skin blemishes.
Anyone who is brave enough to sleep a night on the grave will be cured of tuber culosis.
I have known of people performing this heroic act of faith and hope but I cannot say if they were rewarded by the cure they desired.
