School: Clochar na Trócaire, Maghcromtha
- Location:
- Macroom, Co. Cork
- Teacher: Na Siúracha
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0341, Page 603
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- (continued from previous page)as the patron. Some think he had other monks with him. It is hard to find any good authority on the subject.
This saint had a sister living with him. It was her duty to fetch water from a certain well each day to make wheaten bread with it for her brother. No other water for the bread would suit the brother.
The saint had occasion to reprimand his sister one day. Come think the unwittingly placed meat before him on a fast day, that he ate it without thought of the fast. The saint in his anger, or as a penance for her mistake, forbade her leaving the vicinity of his house or abode.
Contrary to the saint's command, the maiden stole forth at night. When the brother missed her, he cursed her, and wished "that the(continues on next page)
- Collector
- Annie Murphy
- Gender
- Female
- Address
- Baile Uí Bhuaigh, Co. Cork
- Informant
- Miss Mary Horgan
- Gender
- Female
- Address
- Annahala East, Co. Cork
