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School: Newtown, Borris

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Newtown, Co. Carlow
Teacher:
Tomás Ó Broin
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0903, Page 567

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    or any one else. The Saint went on his way and the man stayed working away. When he came to Marley he saw a man lying on the road asleep and an axe beside him.
    He got so vexed that he turned him into a ball of fire and sent it flying through the sky. The ball of fire struck the tree that the man was up in and burned man tree and every thing that was beside it
    It is said that the ball of fire descended through the earth. This story is supposed to be true.
    Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.
    History Edit
    Topics
    1. events
      1. events (by time of year) (~11,476)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Lawrence Fogarty
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Ballykeenan, Co. Carlow
    Informant
    Thomas Lennon
    Gender
    Male
    Age
    38
    Address
    Ballykeenan, Co. Carlow