School: Lurga, Patrick's Well (roll number 10317)
- Location:
- Kilcolman, Co. Limerick
- Teacher: Máire, Bean Uí Bhroin
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- (continued from previous page)parish priest. He remained at the house for two hours. The man said he must go home, as he was there a long time. The priest craved him to stay longer, but the man refused. So the priest said he would go with him. They both journeyed on for about two miles. Suddenly the priest stopped, and began to shake holy water in a circle on the road. He then told the man to stand in the circle. The man obeyed. No sooner had he done this, than a pig came tearing down the road. It stopped at the circle. The priest asked in the name of God, to tell him who it was, or where it came from. "I am the soul of a damned woman", It replied. "What damned you", enquired the priest. "I killed my father", it said. "That did not damn you", said the priest. "I killed my husband", it said. "That did not damn you either", said the priest. "I killed my child", the pig said. "That damned you", said the priest. The priest told the pig to go to the red sea, and to make three rings of sand. The pig went, and made two rings, but when it was making the third, the first broke. It never returned.Mrs. Dillon, Crecora.
Jan. 1938.
71 years.
- Informant
- Mrs Dillon
- Gender
- Female
- Age
- 71
- Address
- Crecora, Co. Limerick
