School: Camross, Mountrath
- Location:
- Camross, Co. Laois
- Teacher: Pádraig Ó Heifernáin
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0826, Page 228
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“One night a man named Delaney was coming home from a fair in Roscrea. ...”
(continued from previous page)Delaney bade him Good Night and he never spoke. When he came to the Metal Bridge he disappeared. The next night Delaney met him in the same place. Delaney went and told the priest what had happened. The priest told him to get Holy Water and to sprinkle it on him. After a few nights he met him again and Delaney sprinkled the Holy Water on him and he went away on fire.One day a man was going home from town, He had an ass an car. He did not reach home. The next day his friends set out to look for him. They got him near his own home dead and he covered with snow. There is a monument to this day on the Glebe road to show where he was killed.
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“There is a well in Anatrim called St Kevin's well. ...”
There is a well in Anatrim called St.Kevins well. People tried to remove this well and so they did, After a few days a great flood arose and covered the fields near the well. Then these people had to clean it up and the flood went down.(continues on next page)