Volume: CBÉ 0221
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“There was a man wan time and he was stuck for a few bob...”
(continued from previous page)and he ran after it and he looked at it. "Begor" says he to himself "St Anthony is a right man. The next day he came again and he prayed all day, but he got no money this time. So he went the next day and the next day but still it was no use. There was still no sign of the other half crown. The fourth day the priest came out to him and asked him why was he praying so much. He said that he prayed to St. Anthony for five bob and after wan days praying he gave him half a crown, and then he told the priest that he was two stingy to give him the other one. The priest didn't know what to think of him, so he gave the man the half crown saying that St. Anthony sent him with it to him and that he wasn't to come look for(continues on next page)