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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0015, Page 284

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    he do him a favour. So the Warder said he would if he could. So this poor fellow had the price of a cock and he told the Warder to buy one for him and bring it in alive, and this poor man killed it in his lonely cell and sprinkled the blood in the four corners, and did it in honour of St Martin. That night the gates of the prison were open for this man to walk out unmolested. It is supposed the gates were opened by St Martin
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    History Edit
    Topics
    1. events
      1. events (by time of year) (~11,476)
        1. Feast of St Martin (~177)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Desmond Clifford
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Creggs, Co. Galway
    Informant
    William Nicholson
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Creggs, Co. Galway