School: Baile an Mhuilinn, An Droichead Nua (roll number 16654)
- Location:
- Milltown, Co. Kildare
- Teacher: S.P. Ó Donnchadha
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- Once upon a time a priest came riding into Blue-town on a horse. The priest however was to meet with a lot of people at a cross roads for an examination. When he arrived at the cross there were about twenty people.
All the people were very well dressed and all carrying Bibles. The priest had no difficulty in teaching them, until he came to the last, who was an old woman.
Her name was Mary Walsh. Then the priest asked her did she go to Mass on Sunday and she said "I could not walk".
"Do you know anything about Religion"? said the priest, and the old replied. "I know a little, Fr.". "Well" said the priest?" "do you know who made the world?" "I don't" said the woman. Then said the impatient priest "Do you know Christ died for you"?
"For goodness sake Fr. " replied the old woman. "Is the poor man dead? We live so far away from the town we never get the paper."(continues on next page)- Collector
- Annie Curran
- Gender
- Female
- Address
- Punchersgrange, Co. Kildare
- Informant
- Mrs Rose Curran
- Relation
- Parent
- Gender
- Female
- Address
- Punchersgrange, Co. Kildare