School: Rathmeage, Hackettstown

Location:
Rathmeague, Co. Wicklow
Teacher:
Pádraig Ó Tuathail
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    happen him & he said nothing happened him & then the tramp went an along the avenue & he met the woman that lived in the gatehouse & she asked. him did he sleep in that house that night & he said he did & she asked him did he tell the man & he said he did not. "Well" says she "If you did you would have got hundreds of pounds from him because you are the first man that ever stopped a night in that house.
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    One time a boy was in the habit of going to a forge...

    One time a boy was in the habit of going to a forge where improper conversation was continually heard and he began to think over it. After a few months however the boy died and his father asked the Priest to say a Mass for him. The Priest told the man that the boy did not need the Mass but the man would not be satisfied. So after some time the Priest said he would say the Mass
    One morning he was on the altar going to begin the Mass when a voice said "Say no mass for me I'm in Hell". So the Priest did not say tghe mass
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    Language
    English
    Informant
    Hannah Rossiter
    Gender
    Female
    Occupation
    Domestic worker
    Address
    Redbog, Co. Carlow