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School: Dún Bhéacháin (Dunbeacon) (roll number 15552)

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Dunbeacon, Co. Cork
Teacher:
Tomás Ó Foghlú
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0290, Page 170

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    It is said that when Our Lord was a baby the following happened. One day when Our Blessed Lady was washing the Divine Infant, She placed the towel with which she dried Him on a blackthorn bush. At that time blossoms were not known to grow but when Our Blessed Lady went to take off the towel the bush was covered with blossoms. From that day the black thorn blossoms are always the first to appear
    It is said that the donkey is a very lucky animal because Our Lord rode on a donkey's
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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)
          1. the Holy Family (~429)
    Language
    English
    Informant
    Mrs M. Moynihan
    Gender
    Female
    Age
    75