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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0811, Page 142

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  1. Round Towers (continued)

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    boiling water upon the enemy and scald them. The enemy then would have to go away.
    As we know there were no houses in those days so every monk used to have a little hut of his own. The enemy used to burn down all the little huts and when they were gone every one of the monks had to build another new hut for himself.
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    Language
    English
    Collector
    Annie Flannery
    Gender
    Female
    Informant
    Mrs Kate Flannery
    Relation
    Grandparent
    Gender
    Female
    Age
    86
    Address
    An Chraobhach, Co. Uíbh Fhailí