School: Ráth an Tóiteáin (Burnfort), Malla (roll number 11249)
- Location:
- Burnfort, Co. Cork
- Teacher: Domhnall Mac Óda (Archdeacon)
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- The donkey is a blessed animal for there is a cross on his back. On the night Our Lord was born the Blessed Virgin put her hands upon the back of a jennet for a help but the animal kicked. Then she went to the donkey and he stood quietly. Ever since the donkey is blessed.
- Collector
- Eileen Riordan
- Gender
- Female
- Address
- Island, Co. Cork
- Informant
- Riordan
- Relation
- Parent
- Gender
- Female
- Address
- Island, Co. Cork
- Every donkey has a cross marked on its back because it was on a donkey the Blessed Virgin rode into Egypt.The sheep and the cow have a hoof like a grain of wheat.