School: Drom na Gráinsighe (roll number 13280)

Location:
Drumnagranshy, Co. Sligo
Teacher:
Seán Mac Giolla Luaithrinn
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0186, Page 259

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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0186, Page 259

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  1. Once upon a time there was a certain woman whose name I do not know and she stopped going to Mass because her sisters and brother died. Another woman told her that she had seen the desceased brother in a dream and she went to Mass ever after.
    Once there was person in the parish of Keash who was very holy. One night there were ramblers in the house until two o clock and she went out and said the rosary in an out house. She never ate of a bite of breakfast without first saying grace.
    It is said that there was a man a long time ago who never went to confession for four years. When he did he said that he never committed a sin. Somebody told on him and so he
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    Topics
    1. genre
      1. narratives (~478)
        1. religious tales (~1,085)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Kathleen Lavin
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Drumnagranshy, Co. Sligo
    Informant
    Michael Lavin
    Relation
    Parent
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Drumnagranshy, Co. Sligo