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Borris, Co. Carlow
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Ss. Ó Loinneáin
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0904, Page 412

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    Owen Tallon was one time and he was badly in want of a woman. He asked Fr. Beechamp to know what would he do. Fr. Beechamp told him to "pray to the Blessed Virgin and she would help him. Now there were two statues side by side in the chapel of Borris one was of the Blessed Virgin and the other of Our Lord. When evening came Owen was about to leave his work and enter the chapel when Fr. Beechamp left his house and hid behind the statue of Our Lord. When our friend Owen came in he knelt down and started to pray to the Blessed Virgin for aid. Fr. Beechamp who hid behind the other statue said "Too old, too old, too old", "Ara shut up you little whelp it is your mother I'm talking too" said Owen.
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    Topics
    1. genre
      1. verbal arts (~1,483)
        1. jokes (~6,086)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Timothy Mahony
    Gender
    Male
    Age
    12
    Address
    Ballynagrane, Co. Carlow
    Informant
    Micheal Maney
    Gender
    Male
    Age
    21
    Address
    Walshstown or Ballynabranagh, Co. Carlow