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School: Ballycastle Boys' (roll number 14290)

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Ballycastle, Co. Mayo
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Mícheál de Búrca
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    Long ago Our Lord lived in Palestine near the river Jordan. There were people searching for Our Lord when He was hiding and He was banished by those people. He tried to hide in the goats hair but she shook him out. Near by a sheep was in another field and Our Lord hid in her wool and the sheep carried Him in her wool. Since that people say that the sheep is a lucky animal. People say that goats are unlucky animals. Only some farmers keep goats now.
    The sheep kept Our Lord in her wool for about three days.
    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
    Paddy Corcoran
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Killeena, Co. Mayo
    Informant
    Mrs Corcoran
    Gender
    Female
    Age
    43
    Address
    Killeena, Co. Mayo