School: Rush Hall, Mountrath (roll number 12231)

Location:
Rush Hall, Co. Laois
Teacher:
P. Ó Lochlainn
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0825, Page 326

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    A soldier said to him "hurry on" Our Lord said "I go but thou shall wait till I return". That man that Our Lord said that to is alive still. He is called the wandering Jew. When he comes to 120 he falls into a deep sleep and comes back to the age that he was when they were crucifying Our Lord. He is still alive. When Our Lord was small he used to go up on to the roof of the house with other children to play. They used to make mud pies and mud birds. The birds that Our Lord made were able to fly. But the other children's birds were not.
    When Our Lord was going to Mount Calvary, he was coming near this house. In the house lived a girl
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