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School: Dristeran (roll number 2131)

Location:
Dristernan, Co. Donegal
Teacher:
Séamus Ó Cnaimhsighe
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    In the penal days when there was a great search to banish priests and everything holy. In the old graveyard in Cloncha one morning early a monk praying at a friends grave when the soldiers came riding to the gate. As they saw the monk they rushed for him and cut the monks head.
    There is a stone over the monks grave and a hole in it and every time it rains the hole fills with blood instead of water. This story is true.
    Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.
    History Edit
    Topics
    1. genre
      1. belief (~391)
    Language
    English
    Location
    Clonca, Co. Donegal
    Collector
    Patrick Mc Kenna
    Gender
    Male
    Informant
    Catherine Mc Callion
    Gender
    Female
    Age
    80
    Address
    Claggan, Co. Donegal