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School: Strang's Mills, Kilmacow

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Strangsmill, Co. Kilkenny
Teacher:
Richard Rellis
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0845, Page 340

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    The next day at twelve o’clock the house took fire in the thatch just over the front door. The people wondered what started the fire and they easily put it out. The next day the same thing happened and the fire was put out again. The people were all talking about the fire and one person advised the man who owned the house to go to the priest for his advice. The priest said not to do anything but but to wait to see would it occur again. The next day the same thing happened again and the owner went to the priest again and the priest told them to build another house a short bit away and to knock the old house out of the way. He said that it was in the way for some poor souls who were doing their purgatory on earth. The people of the house did so and knocked down the old house and they were never interfered with after that or another burning never happened but the people were prosperous ever after.
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    Language
    English
    Informant
    Peter Phelan
    Gender
    Male
    Age
    66
    Address
    Kilmacow, Co. Kilkenny