School: Clochar na Trócaire, Carn Domhnaigh (roll number 16821)

Location:
Ballylosky, Co. Donegal
Teacher:
An tSr. M. Beirín Ní Bhaoighill
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    was very sad, and when the stars looked down at it they, too were sad and sorry for it so they agreed to go down and make the tree beautiful. They dropped down from their places in heaven and draped themselves among the branches of the little Fir and shone with twinkling brilliancy. When the Babe Jesus looked out of his small manger window and saw the glittering tree, He clapped His hands and cried, "I will choose that tree to be My own, and it shall stand for Me as My symbol in the homes of men. So it is not the conquering Palm which we place to-day beside our fireplaces nor the luscious Olive which is depicted on our Christmas Greeting cards, it is the Fir, sturdy simple and enduring.
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  2. It is told that as the Divine Child lay in that old manger on the first Christmas night so long ago that those around it noticed a big spider climbing up the wall and spun a shimmering web across the top of the manger
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    Topics
    1. genre
      1. narratives (~478)
        1. religious tales (~1,085)
    Language
    English
    Informant
    Sadie Maria Long
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Straruddan, Co. Donegal