School: Glenderry (roll number 10403)
- Location:
- Gleann Doire, Co. Chiarraí
- Teacher: Peadar Ó Gleathbhúir
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- A legend as follows is told about the holy family. They went one day by a wind-swept road.
Our lady lost the pin of her cloak which she had wrapped around the holy infant. Saint Joseph asked a cow herd in a field for a thorn which would do for a brooch for a time.
The cowherd said that he was too busy to look for one. A second cowherd made the same excuse. When the three were passing a forge the smith came out and saw that the holy mother needed a pin. "Let me make you one", he said. He too a(continues on next page)
- Collector
- Thomas Gaynor
- Gender
- Male
- Informant
- Thomas Gaynor
- Gender
- Male
- Age
- 42
- Address
- Gleann Doire, Co. Chiarraí
