School: Lemanaghan, Ballycumber

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1. St Manchan - The Local Patron Saint (continued)

   

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   the well on Fridays to get cured from warts and any other disease. They take a bit of the tree home with them. They also visit the well and do rounds at the church on the Saints feast day 24th January which is a local holiday. The people of the district still go to Mass on that day and they do no work.

   

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2. Stories about the Saint - St Manchan's Cow

   

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   Stories about the Saint 1. St. Manchan's Cow. 4/4/38 There are a lot of old stories about St. Manchans cow. The cow was a very good cow for giving milk and supplied the people of Lemonaghan with milk. One night as St. Manchan was in bed some person came and stole the cow. When St. Manchan went to look at the cow she was gone. When St. Manchan

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   Topics

   1. events
      1. events (by time of year) (~11,476)

   Language

   English

   Collector

   Róisín Ní Liatháin

   Gender

   Female

   Address

   Lemanaghan, Co. Offaly

   Informant

   Seán Ó Liatháin

   Relation

   Parent

   Gender

   Male

   Address

   Lemanaghan, Co. Offaly