School: Mantua (roll number 2327)
- Location:
- Mantua, Co. Roscommon
- Teacher: Pádraig Ó Beirn
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- (continued from previous page)When the Holy Family were in Egypt the Blessed Virgin used to wash the Child's clothes and for every drop of water that fell from them a tree sprung up and it is believed that these trees are there still.
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