School: Stackallen (roll number 1309)
- Location:
- Stigh Colláin, Co. na Mí
- Teacher: P.T. Mac Gabhann
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“In Gernonstown graveyard there is a nitch...”
In Gernonstown graveyard there is a nitch in the wall and there are two heads in it. They are supposed to be two bishop's heads. Long ago the people used to bring holy water to the churchyards and put it in the heads. When they used to have the whooping cough they used to drink that water.