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School: Tairbeart (C.)

Location:
Tarbert, Co. Kerry
Teacher:
Máire, Bean Uí Chonaill
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0404, Page 147

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    When the Holy Family were flying into Egypt pursued by Herod's soldiers they got very tired. Just as the soldiers were approaching them St. Joseph saw a cave. He took Our Blessed Lady and the Divine Infant in in there. Immediately they had gone in a spider spun a great web across the entrance to the cave.
    When the soldiers came along and saw the web they did not search the cave. They thought if the Holy Family had gone in that the web would be broken. So the little Spider saved the
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    History Edit
    Topics
    1. genre
      1. narratives (~478)
        1. religious tales (~1,085)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Patsy O Grady
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Tarbert, Co. Kerry
    Informant
    Mrs O Grady
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Tarbert, Co. Kerry