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School: Cappamore (B.) (roll number 7480)

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Cappamore, Co. Limerick
Teacher:
James McCarthy
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0520, Page 211

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    Long ago in Abington, Murroe Co. Limerick, there was a Protestant farmer with his wife living there. They had a servant girl working there, who was a Catholic. Every Sunday the Protestant master and mistress stopped her from going to mass. After some time she told the parish priest about the Protestant man and woman. The priest told her then, that if she said the rosary it would be all right. This continued every Sunday until Easter Sunday. The Servant girl did her very best to go to mass, but she wouldn't be let by the Protestants.
    So she stole up to the graveyard of Abington, Murroe, Co. Limerick and went in to say the rosary. She had just knelt down, when she found herself in a Catholic Chapel. Soon afterwards the candles were lit, and a priest came out and said mass. When the mass was finished, the
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    Language
    English
    Collector
    James Daly
    Gender
    Male
    Age
    13
    Address
    Farnane, Co. Limerick