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School: Coiscéim (C.), Átha Treasna (roll number 10079)

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Newmarket, Co. Cork
Teacher:
Máire Bean Uí Nialláin
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0356, Page 254

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  1. A Story About the Holy Family

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    When the Holy Family were on their flight to Egypt, Herod sent his soldiers after them to capture the (the) child Jesus as they failed to do so in Nazareth.
    The Holy Family passed by a field in which men were sowing corn. Immediately the corn sprang up and ripened. Herod's soldiers on reaching the field asked the men did they see any people pass this way, the men said "We did when we were sowing the corn "Oh" said the soldiers "we cannot overtake them now"
    With that the 'darbh-daol' stuck up its head at the corner
    Transcriber's note:
    darbh daol = deargadaol = Devil's coach horse (beetle)
    (continues on next page)
    Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.
    History Edit
    Topics
    1. genre
      1. narratives (~478)
        1. religious tales (~1,085)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Kitty Cronin
    Gender
    Female