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1. A Story of the Holy Family (continued)

   

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   were poor and therefore they had no means of transport only a donkey. That is why there is a cross on a donkeys back. When they were passing through the desert the bandits rushed out but the Holy Family were poor and they could not take anything from them. One of the bandits said that they would take the child and train Him up to be a robber. Some of them agreed to this and more of them did not. Among the crowd there was one who stood up and said that they should leave Him to its Mother. He was being crucified with Our Lord thirty three years after Who told him that he should be with Him in Paradise because he saved His life when He was a child.

   

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2. A Religious Tale

   

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   Long ago there was a man who could play any trick he liked with cards. One day his friend asked him how he became so proficient in the art. The former said if he held up the five of diamonds before his eyes when the priest holds up the Blessed Sacrament at Mass he could play any trick he liked with cards. The man did what he was told on the following Sunday at Mass and from that on he could manipulate the cards. Every time after that he used see the five of diamonds when the priest

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   Topics

   1. agents (~1)
      1. supernatural and legendary beings (~14,864)

   Language

   English

   Collector

   Joan Connor

   Gender

   Female

   Age

   14

   Address

   Ballinagree, Co. Cork