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School: St Brigid's Convent, Goresbridge (roll number 15695)

Location:
Goresbridge, Co. Kilkenny
Teacher:
Sr. Aibhistín
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    One day when the soldiers were in pursuit of the Holy Family, they took refuge in a cave by the wayside, and when they were inside a spider came down and made a thread across the door-way. When the soldiers came they saw the thread and they said, if the Holy Family had gone in there, there would be no thread there so they went away. That is why a spider is lucky.
    Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.
    History Edit
    Topics
    1. genre
      1. narratives (~478)
        1. religious tales (~1,085)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Breda Meaney
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Grange Lower, Co. Kilkenny
    Informant
    John Meaney
    Relation
    Relative (other than parent or grandparent)
    Gender
    Male