The Ballad of father Gilligan

Recap Questions:

What was the name of the old priest? (Peter Gilligan)

Where were half of his folks? (In the bed)

What did he do sitting on his chair? (He nodded his head to summon men one by one to

solve their grievances.)

What was his own grief? (His grievance was that he did not have any rest, nor joy, nor

peace. He simple had to be worried to solve the grievances of others.)

What did he say after having said this? (He apologised and asked for forgiveness from god

for having said that. He also said that his body spoke that, he did not.)

How did he pray? (He prayed kneeling and leaning on the chair.)

What time of the day was it? How can you say that? (It was late evening as the sunlight

had faded and the stars had begun peeping.)

What did Peter Gilligan ask the lady? (Peter Gilligan asked the lady if the poor man

was dead.)

How did he react to this news? (He swayed to and fro in grief.)

When did the man die? (He died after Peter Gilligan had left.)

How did the man die? (He died like a merry bird.)

Who do you think had come to help Peter Gilligan? (An angel.)

How was he dressed? (He was wrapped in a purple robe.)

 (Textual question) Why was another man send for  Father Gilligan? Why is a dying man referred as "poor"? ( One day Father Gilligan was jolted from his sleep by the urging call of another dying parishioner. The man was said to be ‘poor’ because of his poverty and also because he deserved sympathy as he was about to die.)