School: Gowran (C.)
- Location:
- Gowran, Co. Kilkenny
- Teacher: Máiréad Ní Chuinn
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- There was a cave in Bethlehem & Our Lord used to be in it & people called it the Lords cave. St Joseph used to do carpentry work & when Jesus was a child he made a little cross & this puzzled Mary & Joseph for some time.
- Collector
- Nancy Lawlor
- Gender
- Female
- Address
- Gowran, Co. Kilkenny
- Informant
- Mrs Mc Donagh
- Gender
- Female
- Age
- 84
- Address
- Gowran, Co. Kilkenny
- During the flight of Mary & Joseph & the Infant into Egypt the soldiers of Herod nearly caught up on them. The Holy Family hid in a cave & the spiders span many webs across the entrance(continues on next page)