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School: Streamstown (roll number 15291)

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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0733, Page 252

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    the graveyard there are the ruins of an old church or monastery. Even in the fields around about, skeletons were often dug up. There is also a stone over a grave with the trace of a person's knees and hands on it. It was said that St. Patrick was once praying there and when he got up he left the print of his knees and hands on the rock. In another part of the graveyard there are two stones standing up straight with a round stone across them and it is said that if you can get your head between the rocks and rock the round stone three times, it will cure a headache.
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    History Edit
    Topics
    1. objects
      1. man-made structures
        1. historical and commemorative structures (~6,794)
          1. graveyards (~2,501)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    John Joe Keegan
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Lurrig, Co. Westmeath
    Informant
    Patrick Keegan
    Gender
    Male
    Age
    80
    Address
    Lurrig, Co. Westmeath