School: Clonmacnoise

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   said the cat might be asleep and she wouldn't see them. Just as they were entering the field, they saw they black cat sitting on the stile, and one said to the other they would go home without the gold for fear the cat would attack them.

   

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2. The Turning Stone

   

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   About a quarter of a mile form Clonmacnois there is a turning stone on the road. In olden times the people used to turn three times on their heel without stopping on that flag, but many of them often failed. The old people say that if ever any person was able to turn three times without stopping he would cross the sea to America and come back home again. There is a little hollow in the stone like the track of a heel. (Teachers note: There was another Turning Stone at the back of the school but it is gone now.)

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   Language

   English

   Collector

   Kate Flannery

   Gender

   Female

   Address

   Creevagh, Co. Offaly

   Informant

   Ciaran Flannery

   Relation

   Parent

   Gender

   Male

   Age

   60

   Address

   Creevagh, Co. Offaly