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Seán Ó Móráin
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0805, Page 310

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    Long ago there dwelt in Lemonaghan a saint named St. Monaghan. This saint had a cow. One night the cow was stolen and when St. Monaghan awoke next morning the cow was missing, so St. Monaghan set out to look for the cow and he tracked the animal to a house in Fairylodge.
    When he went in they had the cow killed and it cut up in pieces and boiling in a pot St. Monaghan, took out all the pieces and put them all together. When he had this done he hit them and the cow stood up but she was lame in one leg and he brought her home. He told the people they could never sell milk or buttermilk for punishment and they said
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    History Edit
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Clare Donoghue
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Ballycumber, Co. Offaly
    Informant
    James Guinan
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Ballycumber, Co. Offaly