School: Castlecomer (B.) (roll number 1118)
- Location:
- Castlecomer, Co. Kilkenny
- Teacher: D. Ó Riada
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0864, Page 106
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- (continued from previous page)One morning the Jew told the boy to bring the Holy Comunion to the shop he did as he was told. When the Jew got it he sent the boy home to his breakfast. Then the Jew put the Holy Comunion on the table and stabed it with a sharp knife. When he did so it began to bleed. The Jew got a terrible fright and he threw it on the floor. But it would not stop bleeding, so he threw it into the furness. When he looked in he saw Our Lord on the cross with the Blessed Vergin Mary crying under him.
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- Collector
- Joseph Quinn
- Gender
- Male
- Informant
- Mrs Joseph Quinn
- Gender
- Female
- Age
- 50
- Address
- Castlecomer, Co. Kilkenny
