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1. 'Trane' Water (continued)

   

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   turnips.
   Most of the farmers go to Grantstown Chapel to have the water blessed. But others, when the priests come around to the houses for their annual collection, get it blessed at home.
   The trane water is generally shaken on the Rogation Days.
   There was a farmer who lived near Taghmon wan time and he wanted to see the effect of the water on the tranes. He got a lot of tranes and put them into a bottle of trane water (that had been blessed).
   I suppose he wanted to give 'em a right dart.

   

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   • James Carroll