School: Cill Ábhaill
- Location:
- Killavil, Co. Sligo
- Teacher: Seán Ó Conláin
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- (continued from previous page)him to throw it to hell out of that. The boy replied won't it be there before you again.
- Long ago a boy went to confessions. He told the priest that he used to curse a lot. The priest asked him what sort of curses where they and he said big ones and little ones. The priest said you must avoid cursing. He could not give any guess as to the number of curses. So the priest told him to get two bags and for every big curse to put a big stone in the bag and for every little one to put a little one in it. In a short time the bags got too heavy and the boy brought the two bags on an ass cart to the church(continues on next page)
- Collector
- Florrie Benson
- Gender
- Female
- Address
- Mountirvine, Co. Sligo
- Informant
- James Benson
- Relation
- Parent
- Gender
- Male
- Address
- Mountirvine, Co. Sligo
