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School: Dysert (roll number 8640)

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Dysart, Co. Westmeath
Teacher:
C. Nic Eochagáin
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0737, Page 497

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    measured it and it was just the right length.
    On Christmas night it is said that the Blessed Virgin goes round with the Boy Jesus in her arms as She did on the first Christmas night in Bethlehem wishing to see would anyone treat her kindly. The people put a lighted candle in the window to show her the way and to let known that she is welcome in that house.
    On the First Palm Sunday Christ rode an ass into Jerusalem and the form of a cross is on the back of every ass ever since.
    Once when the Holy Family was flying into Egypt there a was a thunder storm. They stood under a willow tree to get shelter from the lightening and it did not harm them. It is said that if you stand under a willow tree when there is lightening you will be unharmed. This is firmly believed in this district.
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    History Edit
    Topics
    1. genre
      1. narratives (~478)
        1. religious tales (~1,085)
          1. the Holy Family (~429)
    Language
    English
    Informant
    Joseph Kelly
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Dysart, Co. Westmeath
    Informant
    Mrs Meehan
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Dysart, Co. Westmeath
    Informant
    Patrick Molloy
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Dysart, Co. Westmeath