School: Clochar na Trócaire, Ceannanus Mór
- Location:
- Kells, Co. Meath
- Teacher: Máthais Íde
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0702, Page 240
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- (continued from previous page)and his sore toe began to bleed. "Now", said Jimmy "If I had my new boot on me they would be destroyed."
- There was a man living in the neighbourhood of Kells. He was engaged to be married to a girl but she jilted him.
When he heard it he lay hidden in a corn field for a day and a night. After that he did not go to Mass for years. A woman who pitied him used to send him holy water, blessed palm and a blessed candle at Candlemas.
One day he got a slight stroke and asked for a priest himself. He lived four years after that and was(continues on next page) - Collector
- Philomena Usher
- Gender
- Female
- Age
- 12
