School: Knockaville (roll number 14185)
- Location:
- Knockaville, Co. Westmeath
- Teacher: C. de Búrca
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- After Our Lord being crowned with the thorns it is said that a little robin came and started to pick the thorns from the Sacred Head and while he was doing so, her breast got splashed with His Blood and since that the little robins are called 'Robin Redbreasts.'
- Collector
- Michael Ennis
- Gender
- Male
- Informant
- Mrs Michael Gowran
- Relation
- Grandparent
- Gender
- Female
- Address
- Knockaville, Co. Westmeath
- When Our Lord was flying into Egypt the Holy Family passed a corn field where the men were working. He gave them his blessing as he passed. When the soldiers came to look for Our Lord they asked the men did the Holy Family pass and they said that no one passed since they sowed the corn.
A chafer put up his head and said "Nay, Nay, he passed today," When corn was blessed it sprang up at once and ripened- Collector
- Michael Ennis
- Gender
- Male
- Informant
- Mrs Michael Gowran
- Relation
- Grandparent
- Gender
- Female
- Address
- Knockaville, Co. Westmeath