School: Castlecomer (B.) (roll number 1118)
- Location:
- Castlecomer, Co. Kilkenny
- Teacher: D. Ó Riada
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0864, Page 134
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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. - There was a company of Jews once who wanted to make a laugh of the Christian Faith. They made a prayer called "The Chain Prayer", for they knew this would fool the uneducated Christians. They sent the prayer to a woman named Biddy Byrne, with orders to say it nine times and then give it to someone else. The prayer went around until it came to my great-grandmother Mary Close. She said it a few times but(continues on next page)
