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School: Lios Tuathail Buachaillí

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Listowel, Co. Kerry
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Brian Mac Mathúna
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 1126, Page 459

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    My mother told me that on St. Martin's Eve our Lord and his Blessed Mother were in a house. out in the night the man of the house got a great pain. The blessed Lady said to her son to do something for him. Our Lord got a bit of tow and dipped it in the blood of St. Martin. The man got better and ever since there is a great cure in the blood drawn St. Martin's Eve.
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    They say it is unlucky to have an old house and go to a new one on Friday. You wouldn't have any luck.
    On St Martin's Night they kill a chicken and draw his blood and put it on a tow in
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    Topics
    1. events
      1. events (by time of year) (~11,476)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Francis Browne
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Listowel, Co. Kerry
    Informant
    Maurice Browne
    Gender
    Male
    Age
    56
    Address
    Listowel, Co. Kerry