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School: Ballycumber (B.), St Ciaran's

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Ballycumber, Co. Offaly
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G. Ó Súilleabháin
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0811, Page 087

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    bring the water to the Holy water font and pour it into it. He then blesses himself with it and says an Our Father and three Hail Mary's to St. Manchan. He must come through the window in the end of the ruin on third Friday and if his faith in the Saint is strong he will be cured. He must leave something in the font such as a penny or a button or a pin etc. Once upon a time a man it is said got cured of warts and he left a penny. There is a local tosspit nearby and one of the boys took the penny and in a few days his hands were covered with warts. He had to go back and leave a penny and do the same thing as the other man did.
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    History Edit
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Joseph Geraghty
    Gender
    Male
    Informant
    Mr Joseph Seerey
    Gender
    Male
    Age
    65
    Address
    Lemanaghan, Co. Offaly