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School: Clochar na Trócaire, Dún Drongáin (roll number 7232)

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Drangan, Co. Tipperary
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Siúracha na Trócaire
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    In the parish of Millinahone there was a certain man who was very fond of drinking and the priest wanted to cure him of the habit. So the priest asked the man to give him two shillings instead of giving it for drink. The priest also told the man to pray to the Blessed Virgin and he would get back his two shillings. The man went intot he chapel and prayed. Later the priest saw the man drunk again so he dressed himself in white clothes and hid in the ditch. As the man was passing the priest stepped on to the road and said "I am the Lord." The man said You are the very person I want your mother owes
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      1. verbal arts (~1,483)
        1. jokes (~6,086)
    Language
    English
    Informant
    Mr M. Dunne
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Cappaghnagarrane, Co. Tipperary