School: Baile Dháithí, Dunlavin

Location:
Davidstown, Co. Wicklow
Teacher:
Róisín Bhreathnach
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0915, Page 130

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  1. One stormy winter's night my Daddy told me the following story.
    Once upon a time there was a Protestant man whom the priest wanted "to turn" Catholic - and he would not.
    After a while this man died and the priest told his sister that he was in hell. She said he was not. The priest said he could prove it.
    He went to the house and called the man three times. On the third call he appeared. The priest asked him where he was the first time he was called. The man said in Hell. The man remained in the house for a long time. The sister
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    Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Sean Metcalfe
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Ballylion Upper, Co. Wicklow