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School: Mullagh (C )

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Mullagh, Co. Cavan
Teacher:
Elizabeth Murchan
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 1003, Page 196

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  1. A Legend of the Holy Family

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    I heard a beautiful story lately from a friend of mine concerning the Holy Family. it is as follows:-
    When the Holy Family were flying to Egypt from Herod, they went, one night, into a cave for shelter. It happened that it was a robber's cave, but evidently they were kindly people. Our Lady was tired and the Divine Babe was even more so. The Blessed Virgin asked for a bath of water to refresh her Baby in. The robber-woman got it and sat down to watch the bathing process. Suddenly, our Lady noticed that she was crying. On asking the reason she was told that the robber-woman had a baby about our Lord's age who was covered with leprosy.
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    Language
    English
    Collector
    Ida Deignan
    Gender
    Female