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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- (continued from previous page)cattle. When he was about two miles from his home a magpie crossed his path so he immediately returned home with his cattle.
- 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)
- Collector
- Joseph Quinn
- Gender
- Male
- Informant
- Mrs Joseph Quinn
- Gender
- Male
- Age
- 50
- Address
- Castlecomer, Co. Kilkenny
