School: Baltrasna (roll number 4086)

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   heard the bell ringing for the Consecration and he knelt down there to pray and left the mark of his knees and elbows there if you take a piece of clay from the mound it will cure a toothache but you must bring as much clay with you and leave it in the mound as you took away.

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2. Fore

   

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   Fore is situated in County West Meath. There is an old abbey in Fore and it is said that Saint Fechin lived there and left seven wonder's when he died, and they are called "the seven wonders of Fore" and here are their names. First one "The Abbey it self is built on a shaking scraw"
   second one. "A tree that never blossoms"
   third one. "A well that the water never boils"
   fourth one. "A stick that never would burn"
   fifth one. "A river that runs up a hill"
   sixth one. "A stream coming through a rock"
   seventh one.

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