School: Cromadh (B.)

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1. Local Historical Traditions and Otherwise (continued)

   

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   of Mainistir an Aonaigh nearby. The bush grows over the stone. A certain wealthy man living near the Abbey once presented the monks with a fine fat bullock, and then presented himself to the Abbot for the latter's benefit. The donor of the bullock held forth about the value and weight and merit of his gift, and had so much "blowing" about the matter that the Abbot was compelled to state that one Hail Mary would weigh down his greatly lauded gift. The donor got angry and challenged him to prove it. The Abbot accepted the challenge, had the fat bullock brought to the spot, wrote a Hail Mary IN LATIN on a piece of paper and with two stones made a balance. On one he put the Hail Mary and on the other he put the bullock. The latter was much lighter than the Hail Mary. The stone is still where the weighing took place and the bush was never cut until recently. (This is a quite well-known tradition in Mainistir)

   
   Johnnie Mac Namara of Ballycahane Croom, was quite a character in his way and several incidents are related of him. He was an "iron fool." One day he had some men working, cleaning up "dykes."

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   History Edit

   Language

   English

   Collector

   Daithí Ó Ceanntabhail

   Gender

   Male

   Occupation

   Múinteoir