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School: Soran, Longford (roll number 14683)

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Soran, Co. Longford
Teacher:
Wilfred O'Callaghan
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0759, Page 222

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    About three years ago there lived a very pious man whose name was Patrick Brady. He lived in the parish of Drumlish, County Longford. Every Sunday when he was going to Mass he used to bring with him a round stone and throw it into a little box. The Sunday he would not hear Mass well the stone would break into pits in the box.
    The Sunday he would hear Mass well the stone would be twice as big. The Sunday he would not hear Mass well he would go to a field and tie himself to a tree. Then he would strip himself and two men would beat him with sticks, and he used to do that for
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    Topics
    1. genre
      1. narratives (~478)
        1. religious tales (~1,085)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Joseph Lee
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Soran, Co. Longford
    Informant
    Joe Lee
    Relation
    Parent
    Gender
    Male
    Age
    50
    Address
    Soran, Co. Longford