School: Druim Mór (roll number 16349)

Location:
Dromore, Co. Donegal
Teacher:
John Noonan
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  3. XML “Another Story of Penal Times”
  4. XML “How a Mass-Server Saved a Priest”

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    1. genre
      1. poetry
        1. folk poetry (~9,504)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Patrick Bonner
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  2. How a Mass-Server Saved a Priest
    One day a priest was saying mass on a rock hear a barn.
    The soldiers surrounded the place and there was no chance of escape.
    The mass-server was a brave and clever youth and he resolved to save the priests life.
    He quickly donned the priests vestments.
    The soldiers mistook him for the priest and shot him.
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