School: Scoil na mBráthar, Portlaoighse

Location:
Port Laoise, Co. Laois
Teacher:
Br. Frampton
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0834, Page 317

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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0834, Page 317

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    place called Cromogue. The well sprung up through a trunk of a tree at the side of his field also it can is there to the present day. In Cromogue there was a Protestant woman who used always get water out of the well. One day she went to fill a bucket with the water out of the well. She went home and filled the kettle with the water. She put it on the fire. After a long time she noticed that the kettle was not boiling. She took off the lid of the kettle and looked into it and there she saw a little fish swimming about in it. She got frightened and hurried back to the well and put the fish in. She got a fresh bucket of water and put in into the kettle and it was boiled in no time. She turned Catholic and never took anymore
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    Language
    English
    Collector
    F. Bannon
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Port Laoise, Co. Laois