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Patrick, and which once contained no less than one thousand five hundred monks. "As wise as the women of Mungret," is a saying among the Irish, which had its rise, according to tradition, in this way:
They dressed up a number of their best scholars some as women and some as peasants and placed them along the road by which their rivals must travel. As the deputation came on, they naturally asked the way to Mungret, and put other questions to the persons they met, and to their great astonishment, every question was answered in Greek or Latin.
The monks of Cashel having heard great stories of the learning of those of Mungret, resolved to send a deputation to them, to settle the point as to which college possessed the finest scholars in the dead languages.
These can be part way descended in long, narrow skiffs, constructed for the purpose, but the feat is a very hazardous one. I went down, with a friend and two brave boatmen, but though I enjoyed the adventure, I would not advise any one to follow my example. Not far from Limerick are the ruins of Mungret Priory, said to have been founded by St.
Now the monks of Mungret enjoyed a better reputation for such learning than they deserved, being rather more fond of good living than hard study, so they were mortally afraid of being beaten in the contest, and losing their good name forever. But they hit upon a very ingenious plan of escape from their embarrassment.
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