School: Murher (B.) (roll number 13540)

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   “Once upon a time there was a boy and he used to be always out late at night.”

   

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   holy-water and when he woke in the morning the hoof was gone. Next morning he went to the parish priest and told him his story. The parish priest told him that he had his soul sold to the devil for the sake of money, and that he could do nothing for him. There was a young curate there, and the boy went to him and told him his story. The curate told him to gather a crowd and that he would meet him in such a field. He also told him have a lot of holy water. The day came and all the people gathered arounf in a ring and the priest and the boy were inside in the middle of the ring. Then the people began sprinkling the holy water. It was not long until they saw a pig coming in at the corner of the field. The priest gave the boy a challice in his hand, and he told the boy to hold the challice until the last

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   History Edit

   Language

   English

   Collector

   Tom Donoghue

   Gender

   Male

   Informant

   James Donaghue

   Gender

   Male

   Age

   46

   Address

   Murher, Co. Kerry