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Volume: CBÉ 0481 (Part 1)

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  1. A Tale of '98 (continued)

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    mortals. Time counts little with us." "Beg pardon" said Patrick and when will that day come"? "Well" replied the little man, "look you to the West where the sky is golden from the sinking sun and listen to me, Ireland's true freedom comes when the people of this land wear the Shamrock and Palm on the same day." Patrick turned around but the little man had disappeared.
    What he ment was when St. Patrick's Day, and Palm Sunday falls on the same day, Ireland will then be a free nation.
    Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.
    History Edit
    Date
    April 1938
    Item type
    Lore
    Language
    English
    Writing mode
    Handwritten
    Writing script
    Roman script
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