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School: Bán Riabhach, Old Leighlin

Location:
Baunreagh, Co. Carlow
Teacher:
Bean Uí Mhurchadha
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    15.3.'38
    There is an old story told about a very wealthy child who went with her parents to Bethlehem to enrol their names. Her name was Veronica. On Christmas eve she saw some lambs around the Inn. She asked the owner to giver her on. He did and then she took a blue ribbon from her hair and tied it around the lamb's neck so that she would know it. That night she felt cold. She got out of bed and took her beautiful blanket that her mother had woven with her initials on it to put around the lamb. When she got to the stable what did she see but the Blessed Virgin, a little child, and, St. Joseph. She forgot all about the lamb. She went and put the blanket around the baby and stayed there for a long time. The Blessed
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    Topics
    1. genre
      1. narratives (~478)
        1. religious tales (~1,085)
          1. the Holy Family (~429)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Margaret Mac Donald
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Oldleighlin, Co. Carlow
    Informant
    Miss K. Mac Donald
    Gender
    Female
    Age
    60
    Occupation
    Farmer
    Address
    Oldleighlin, Co. Carlow