School: Virginia (B)
- Location:
- Virginia, Co. Cavan
- Teacher: E. O' Reilly
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- Collector
- Eamonn Mac Cabe
- Gender
- Male
- Address
- Lisnabantry, Co. Cavan
- Informant
- Patrick Mac Cabe
- Gender
- Male
- Address
- Lisnabantry, Co. Cavan
- There is a story connected with how the poppy got its name. It is said that a long time ago when our Lord was a baby St. Joseph was away working and the Blessed Virgin and the Infant Jesus went to meet him. They had to pass through a corn field. The Infant Jesus got thorns in his feet and they began to bleed. Where the drops of blood fell there grew poppies.(continues on next page)