School: Windgap (C.), Thomastown (roll number 5698)

Location:
Windgap, Co. Kilkenny
Teacher:
Bean Mhic Eóin
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    When the woman went to Confession afterwards the priest refused to give her absolution, because fortune - telling is forbidden by the Catholic Church.
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  2. Many old stories are told about the Holy Family in Ireland. On one occasion the Holy Family were going from Bethlehem to Egypt in case Herod's soldiers would kill Jesus. On the way they came to a garden where men were setting corn. They stopped as the men gave them food to eat. When they had it
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    Topics
    1. genre
      1. narratives (~478)
        1. religious tales (~1,085)
          1. the Holy Family (~429)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Mai Fitzgerald
    Gender
    Female
    Informant
    Mary Frances Prendergast
    Gender
    Female
    Age
    12
    Occupation
    Scholar