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School: Moyne (C.) (roll number 13990)

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Moyne, Co. Longford
Teacher:
Bean Uí Tháibh
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    the priest down the mountain and killed him. When the priest was dying he said, "That you may be a wanderer on the earth and that you may make your own grave". So he wandered about the earth and before he died. He began to dig his own grave and when he had it all dug he jumped in.
    Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.
    History Edit
    Topics
    1. genre
      1. narratives (~478)
        1. religious tales (~1,085)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Catherine Maguire
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Farmullagh, Co. Longford
    Informant
    Mrs Michael Maguire
    Relation
    Parent
    Gender
    Female
    Age
    42
    Address
    Farmullagh, Co. Longford