School: Gearrbhaile (Garbh-dhoire?) (roll number 12110)
- Location:
- Garbally, Co. Galway
- Teacher: Mícheál Mac Giollabháin
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0077, Page 235
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- One day when St Anthony was travelling with the Blessed Sacrament he overtook a donkey on the roadside. The donkey went on his two knees while St Anthony was passing, and ever since then a donkey kneels down before he lies down.Weasel: One day a man discovered and destroyed a weasel's nest in a bog. That night the weasel entered his house and sucked his blood while he slept.Donkey: Is blessed because it carried Our Lord into Egypt.Weasel: One day a man who was travelling to Galway found a rat and a weasel fighting on the road side. He kicked the rat but it turned on him and gave him a nasty bite. Next day his wound was very serious, when he saw the weasel coming into the house with a leaf in its mouth. He applied the leaf to the wound and was soon cured.Jennet: One day Our Lord was looking at a jennet and its foal. The jennet kicked Him and ever since then the jennet is considered an unlucky animal and as a result of Our Lord's curse it never had a foal since.(continues on next page)
