School: An Clochar, Béal an Átha Móir (roll number 13614)
- Location:
- Ballinamore, Co. Leitrim
- Teacher: An tSr. Áthracht
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0224, Page 381
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You are not logged in, but you are welcome to contribute a transcription anonymously. In this case, your IP address will be stored in the interest of quality control.By clicking the save button you agree that your contribution will be available under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International License and that a link to dúchas.ie is sufficient as attribution. - A Funny StoryThere was a Protestant family one time and they had a big feast on a Sunday for their friends. They had a Catholic work man, working for them, and when he came home from Mass they asked him to show them what the Priest used to do and how used he say Mass.The boy told them to get a table and a white cloth to spread over it. They had a bit pot of meat and soup on the fire, and the boy asked them to give him a white - washing brush and the pot of soup and that he would show them what the Priest used to do at Mass, so they did so thinking, they would have great fun looking at what the Priest used to do at Mass.The boy took the brush and dipped it into the pot of boiling soup and spraged the face, neck and hands of them till he scaulded some of them to death. Instead of making fun of the Catholics he made the(continues on next page)
