School: St Columba's Abbey, Navan (roll number 882)
- Location:
- Navan, Co. Meath
- Teacher: Br. Abban O' Donoghue
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0700, Page 165
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- (continued from previous page)field the music would cease until the person would leave the field. To prove that the piper was really there Mrs. Austin, the woman who told me this story, heard the music and she danced to it.
- In a little grave-yard about three miles from my native town Navan, there is a stone. If this stone is taken away it always returns to the grave-yard.
The local people express the stone. "As round as a pound of Butter and as sound as the Pound of Martry. - Transcription guide » You are not logged in, but you are welcome to contribute a transcription anonymously. In this case, your IP address will be stored in the interest of quality control.By clicking the save button you agree that your contribution will be available under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International License and that a link to dúchas.ie is sufficient as attribution.
