School: Allenwood

Location:: Allenwood, Co. Kildare
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for a long time & then the music stopped. The little man said "I don't care now, I have him". It was the devil who was playing & he kept the children from going for the priest & when the old man died without the priest the devil had his soul

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Once there was a mission. The missioner was going to the chapel & he met a man & his son going out to shoot. The missioner asked why they were not at the mission. "I would have to be led in there" said the son & they went on their way. They went into a field & the man went up along one side of a ditch & the son went the other side. The father thought he saw something
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Topics
1. time
  historical periods by name (~25)
  penal times (~4,335)
Language

English