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School: Mercy Convent, Granard (roll number 13846)

Location:
Granard, Co. Longford
Teacher:
Sr. Conception
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    A Story of The Holy Family
    23rd May, 1938.
    It is said that when Our Divine Lord was on His way to the Hill of Calvary to be crucified, that every tree bowed its head or rather its branches out of sympathy to Our Divine Lord except the poplar tree.
    This tree it is said in the legend was too proud to do what all the other trees were doing. Our Divine Lord looked at it sadly in
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    Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.
    History Edit
    Topics
    1. genre
      1. narratives (~478)
        1. religious tales (~1,085)
          1. the Holy Family (~429)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Rose Lynch
    Gender
    Female
    Age
    13
    Address
    Creevy, Co. Longford
    Informant
    Mrs Brigid Lynch
    Gender
    Female
    Age
    42
    Address
    Creevy, Co. Longford