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School: Killadangan (roll number 4854)

Location:
Killadangan, Co. Mayo
Teacher:
Máire Bean Uí Domhnaill
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0138C, Page 02_023

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    Columba thought he said,
    "Holy, Holy, Holy,
    A wee brown bird am I,
    But my breast is ruddy.
    Because I saw Christ die.
    And then the robin hopped in to Columba's shoulder to ask for crumbs.
    "The birds can sing songs of praise to God as well as we can", said Columba to his friends. "Let us have a service here for all the birds." So he called all the birds of the earth and air. Perhaps the children came too. Columba began to sing with his beautiful sweet voice one of his hymns of praise to God, and all the birds joined in with their own songs - all the birds big and little praised God too. Then Columba blessed them and they flew away saying together "Peace, Peace, Peace, in the name of Jesus peace. Was that a good story, and if it is I'll
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    History Edit
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Nan Nolan
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Cloonagh, Co. Mayo
    Informant
    Martin Nolan
    Gender
    Male
    Age
    54
    Address
    Belclare, Co. Mayo