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School: Strandhill (Lár Easa)

Location:
Strandhill, Co. Sligo
Teacher:
Máire, Bean Mhic Guidhir
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0159, Page 069

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    a holy house that someone would take pity on him and give him a stitch of clothes to wear. All the people were afraid of him.
    Another shoe-maker that was in the city went over and asked him what was the [matter] with him. He said that he was in prison and his clothes rotted. They would not give [him] clothes to wear. The man took off his coat and gave it to him and said,
    "Come on with me."
    The man went with him.
    He brought him to a small house. They made a small bed on the floor for him. He was very happy. In a couple of weeks after he was very ill and he said that he would be gone away before sunrise next morning. The man's wife was watching him
    (continues on next page)
    Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.
    History Edit
    Topics
    1. genre
      1. narratives (~478)
        1. religious tales (~1,085)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    John Parkes
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Lecarrow, Co. Sligo