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1. There was once a Catholic and a Protestant lived somewhere in Wexford near each other. (continued)

   

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   dying man, "But" says he "you'll have to go through it now". "I'll give you a bottle of holy water and be at the place about five or ten minutes before the appointed time and sprinkle it around in a large circle and stand in the centre of it and whatever the Protestant says to you will do you no harm, and he won't be able to come inside the circle", says the priest. The Catholic thanked him very much and went home. When the night came along that he was to meet the Protestant he was at the appointed place a quarter of an hour beforehand. When the time was up he was standing in the middle of the circle without fear of any kind. It was not long until the Protestant made his appearance and he walked up

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   History Edit

   Date

   1935

   Item type

   Lore

   Language

   English

   Writing mode

   Handwritten

   Writing script

   Roman script