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1. A Story about a Priest who Went to Give the Last Sacraments when He Was Dead

   

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   Once upon a time there was a small island outside Loop Head. The island is about a mile from the mainland. Very many people did not live in the island. There lived a woman in that island who was very old. She fell sick and she had a great desire for the last sacraments. There was no priest in the island and the weather was very stormy. All the people were asked to go to the mainland for the priest but none of them would go but a boy of fifteen years. He started out for the mainland and he landed there

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   Language

   English

   Collector

   Mary Foran

   Gender

   Female

   Address

   Querrin, Co. Clare

   Informant

   Mr James Foran

   Gender

   Male

   Address

   Querrin, Co. Clare