School: Rathmeage, Hackettstown

Location:
Rathmeague, Co. Wicklow
Teacher:
Pádraig Ó Tuathail
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0920, Page 238

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    they came to a graveyard by the side of the road and they were surprised to see the man that was on the horse back and he praying at his best. The men tried to walk on but they found they could not and out of the graveyard came the man. I was once your friend he said whin I pass you on the road the devil was after me. I reached this grave yard before he caught up with me. One of the men said to him why was the devil after you. The dead man said I died with a lot of sins. They gave me a chance to run around my parish. If I would reach a graveyard before the cock crow I would be saved. Thanks bit of god Almighty I am saved. The men said to themselves that they would not go out any more.
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  2. In olden times at the crucfiscion of Our Lord with the Jews one day there was a man sowing wheat. Our Lord came up to him + said if you see any one to day + they ask did you see any on any where say no. You are sowing this wheat to day the
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    Topics
    1. genre
      1. narratives (~478)
        1. religious tales (~1,085)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Noel O Bhroin
    Gender
    Male
    Age
    11
    Informant
    John Stanley
    Gender
    Male
    Age
    62
    Address
    Moyne, Co. Wicklow