School: Baile i Meadhon Locha (roll number 344)

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1. Story of Armagh Cathedral

   

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   When Armagh Cathedral was being built it was revealed to the workers that some one would knock it down, so to protect it a man stayed up all night with a strong stick.
   That night a bull came to it and knocked down the walls. The man lifted his stick and hit the bull with such force that it fell on a rock many miles off.
   But the bull returned again and the same thing happened. But this time he landed in Mullyash mountain and the tracks of the bull that can be seen to this day.

   

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2. Story of a Scapular

   

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   It is said that fairies cannot lead astray any person who wears scapulars. My mother told me that her grandfather was very fond of football. One fine summer's evening he was out walking about. He noticed a great football match in progress in a field nearby. He entered the field. Now it seemed in the next field. When he reached the next field it seemed still

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   Topics

   1. agents (~1)
      1. supernatural and legendary beings (~14,864)
   2. time
      1. historical periods by name (~25)
         1. penal times (~4,335)

   Language

   English

   Collector

   Brigid Mc Quaid

   Gender

   Female

   Address

   Annareagh North, Co. Monaghan

   Informant

   Mrs Mc Quaid

   Relation

   Parent

   Gender

   Female

   Age

   55

   Address

   Annareagh North, Co. Monaghan