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School: Gort an Tuair (roll number 13467)

Location:
Gortatoor, Co. Mayo
Teacher:
Áine Nic Oirealla
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0141, Page 531

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    the Child Jesus would be killed. But St. Joseph was warned in a dream of what was going to happen, and he fled out of Egypt, with the Blessed Virgin and the Child Jesus.
    The Blessed Virgin was not able to walk very far, so she had to ride on an ass and the Child Jesus before her. Ever since, there is the Sign of the Cross on the side and back of the ass.
    People say that the ass is blessed. They also say, if you had an ass with you on a journey no misfortune would befall you.
    The people used to say
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    Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.
    History Edit
    Topics
    1. genre
      1. narratives (~478)
        1. religious tales (~1,085)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Gerrard Walsh
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Gallowshill, Co. Mayo
    Informant
    Michael Walsh
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Gallowshill, Co. Mayo