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School: Askeaton (C.) (roll number 2040)

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Askeaton, Co. Limerick
Teacher:
Áine, Bean Mhic Eoin
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0502, Page 270

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    decided to put a stone into a box every day she went to mass, and to count them when she was very old. At the end of her time she opened the box, and to her great surprise she found only one stone in the box, which was a sign that she had heard only one good mass during her life.
    2. One day a poor shepherd went to hear Mass, while he was there a rainbow shone in the window and he threw his coat on it and the rainbow held it up. Then he saw a beautiful lady who attracted him and he did not attend mass properly.
    The next day
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    Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.
    History Edit
    Topics
    1. genre
      1. narratives (~478)
        1. religious tales (~1,085)
    Folktales index
    AT0759B: Holy Man Has his own Mass
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Kathleen Crowley
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Askeaton, Co. Limerick
    Informant
    Mrs Crowley
    Relation
    Parent
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Askeaton, Co. Limerick