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School: Faythe (roll number 11361)

Location:
The Faythe, Co. Wexford
Teacher:
An tSr. Columcille

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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0882, Page 144

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room. This happened in Johnstown. The man's name was Fitzgerald and the woman's name was Morris the woman is still alive.

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One day Lady Moriss's husband was in the garden and there was a statue of the blessed Virgin in the grounds. He got the statue on his back and broke the head off against a stone. That evening he was in the grounds with hs little son. He was playing. He put the child on his back and broke his neck.

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Collector
Maureen Scott
Gender
female
Address
Faythe, Co. Wexford
Informant
Mrs Scott
Gender
female
Address
Faythe, Co. Wexford
Language
English

Bad Deeds Punished

If a child raises his hand to his mother his hand will be uncovered over the grave when he dies. My mother told me the following story. Long ago a

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