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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 1000, Page 534

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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 1000, Page 534

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  2. Stories of the Holy Family

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    There is a story connected with Our Lord and the poppy.
    It is said that when Our Lord was flying into Egypt he walked on a sod called the "good man's sod" and immediately the poppy grew.
    When the holy family were going into Egypt they passed by a robber's camp, and the Blessed Virgin stopped and asked a woman at the camp for some water to bathe the Infant Jesus.
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