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School: Stuacán (roll number 14051)

Location:
Muingwore, Co. Sligo
Teacher:
Bríd Ní Mhiadhaigh
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0163, Page 288

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  1. Flowers

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    There are some old people in this district who say that the rose brings happiness with its perfume because the B.V.M. hung the little frocks of Jesus to dry on the rose bushes. It is also believed that wherever the B.V.M. walked a rose sprang up.
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    Topics
    1. genre
      1. narratives (~478)
        1. religious tales (~1,085)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Mary Sweeney
    Gender
    Female
    Age
    13
    Address
    Muingwore, Co. Sligo
    Informant
    Mrs P. Jordan
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Rathomisk, Co. Mayo

  2. Snowdrops

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    It is also believed that the snowdrops bloom in memory of the time when the B.V.M. presented Jesus in the temple.
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