School: Mullagh (C )
- Location:
- Mullagh, Co. Cavan
- Teacher: Elizabeth Murchan
Archival Reference
The Schools’ Collection, Volume 1003, Page 197
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- (continued from previous page)"Bring him here" said our Lady, "and bathe him in the water when my son leaves it." She did this and to her amazement and joy, he came out of it glistening and wholesome - beautiful almost as was the holy Babe.
Next day, the Holy Family went their way followed by the grateful thanks of the robber-family. Time went on, and, oft and on, the robber-woman told her son of the wonderful miracle that had been worked for him as a baby.
In spite of this, however, as years went on, his parent's sad calling attracted him, also, and he, too, became a robber. A day came and he was dying as robbers them died, - on a Cross. Beside him Another died - a gentle Figure, Who complained(continues on next page)
- Collector
- Ida Deignan
- Gender
- Female
