School: Tobar (B.)

Location:
Tober, Co. Offaly
Teacher:
C. Ó Maoltuile
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  1. There is a tradition that mass used to be said under a large tree in Kilmonaghan. The tree is situated on the top of a hill. It stands over the road. There is a large white-thorn bush on the other side of the field. It is very old. No-one ever cut it. The people watch the soldiers from the bush.
    There is a large flat stone in the bank under the tree. When the road was cut, it sank. A branch fell off the tree one time. A family lived nearby. They put some of the wood in the fire. It would not burn. It filled the house with smoke. They had to take the wood out again.
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    Topics
    1. time
      1. historical periods by name (~25)
        1. penal times (~4,335)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    James Molloy
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Ballyboughlin, Co. Offaly
    Informant
    Thomas Molloy
    Gender
    Male
    Age
    60
    Occupation
    Farmer
    Address
    Ballyboughlin, Co. Offaly
  2. Long ago, Mass was not said in chapels. Mass was said in fields and houses. A priest was saying Mass one day under a bush in a field. There were two serves serving Mass. Four men came up and saw the priest saying Mass and two servers serving Mass. They stopped the priest from saying Mass. Then the people killed the priest and hanged the two servers out of a bush. The man that owned the land had cattle on it. The cattle started to die. He did not know what to do. He got a cross
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