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School: Baile Uí Chorráin, Eóchaill (roll number 7441)

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Ballycurrane South, Co. Waterford
Teacher:
Eibhlín, Bean Uí Háirdín
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0640, Page 302

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  1. Scéalta Crábhaidh

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    There was an old story about the 'dearg-daol' that it was he who pointed our Lord out to the soldiers and Herod. When the Holy Family was flying from Herod to Egypt they passed men sowing corn, the corn grew up and got ripe in one night so that the next day when the soldiers came in pursuit and asked the men when the fugitives had passed, they answered truthfully when the corn was sown. The soldiers were about to go back when the 'dearg-daol' said in a weak voice "Indé, Indé". Since then they say he turns up his tail in mockery of Our Lord. It is said that whoever would kill the 'dearg-daol' with the thumb of the right hand before he would turn up his tail he would be forgiven from mortal sin.
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  2. The Holy Family and the Spider

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    Topics
    1. genre
      1. narratives (~478)
        1. religious tales (~1,085)
          1. the Holy Family (~429)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Maureen Drohan
    Gender
    Female