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School: Tír na nEascrach

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Tiranascragh, Co. Galway
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Eamonn Ó Coigligh
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0058, Page 0239

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    one day when the Our Lord the Blessed Virgin and St Joseph were fleeing from Herod's soldiers they met a robber. the robber threatened to kill St Joseph unless he gave him all the money he had. the robber would not believe that St Joseph spoke the truth when he said he had no money for he could not believe that he would travel such a distance without money. But when Our Lord though he was only a small baby looked into the robbers eyes the robber felt some strange feeling come over him. He brought the holy family to his
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    History Edit
    Topics
    1. genre
      1. narratives (~478)
        1. religious tales (~1,085)
    Language
    English
    Informant
    John E. Bohan
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Tiranascragh, Co. Galway