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School: Cullies

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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 1014, Page 073

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    walked over a field where a man was sowing wheat and drops of blood fell from Our Saviour as he walked across it, and by a miracle the wheat sprang up all in one night and was ripe and ready for shearing next day.
    And on this next day the soldiers came by, the same way on search for Him. There was a robin on a bush in the wheat field, it saw the soldiers coming. It lay upon every drop of blood that marked Our Saviour's track and did not leave a trace for the soldiers to follow which is the reason the robin as a red breast.
    The captain of the soldiers asked the robin if it had seen a man passing that way lately. Not since the wheat was sown. At that rate we're on the
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    Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.
    History Edit
    Topics
    1. agents (~1)
      1. animal-lore (~1,185)
        1. bird-lore (~2,478)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Annie Magorry
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Cullies, Co. Cavan