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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 1000, Page 494

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    were many children with baskets of flowers, after them came the three choirs and last of all came the general public.
    Corpus Christi means the body of Christ. The town was beautifully decorated with flowers and holy pictures and in some houses there were altars.
    In the chapel Benediction was held and to end the procession the Faith of our Father was sang.
    Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.
    History Edit
    Topics
    1. events
      1. events (by time of year) (~11,476)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Madge Hanratty
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Virginia, Co. Cavan
    Informant
    Frank Sheridan
    Gender
    Male