School: Walshestown (roll number 3245)
- Location:
- Walshestown North, Co. Westmeath
- Teacher: Bean Uí Dhuibhir
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0736, Page 418
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- One night during the flight into Egept the desert way was wild. Joseph feared that some harm should become of Mary and the divine Child.
They had neither food nor drink and Joseph knew not where to get.
They stood under a dry palm tree. Immediately it burst forth in living green. The branches were laden down with fruit - the lovliest that ever grew.
From the roots a spring of clear water bubbled forth. The clouds became like a sheltering tent.
Joseph heard the(continues on next page)
- Collector
- Philomena Healy
- Gender
- Female
- Address
- Slanestown, Co. Westmeath
