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School: Más an Easa (B.) (roll number 14775)

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Masiness, Co. Donegal
Teacher:
Prionnseas Mac Carraigh
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 1075, Page 142

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    When Our Lord was going about on this earth preaching, he came one day to do very poor house where a woman lived all alone. She had very little food, but she insisted on Our Lord staying to take share of the meal, and she showed Him every kindness she could. She told Him that she had no one to work for her, or to provide for her, and that she was getting old and tired.
    Then our Lord went down to the bank of the river that was near the house. He called on the salmon in the river to come to the bank, and the salmon did so. Then Our Lord changed him into a fine handsome young
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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
    F. Mc Carry
    Address
    An Fál Carrach, Co. Donegal
    Informant
    Mrs Margaret Mc Ginley
    Gender
    Female