School: Rosenallis (roll number 5442)
- Location:
- Rosenallis, Co. Laois
- Teacher: Mrs L. Dagg
Archival Reference
The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0823, Page 377
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- A very old legend tells us that Our Lord and Dismas who was the Penitent Thief first met very many years before that first Good Friday.It was during the Flight into Egypt when the Holy Family were escaping from Herod.It was towards evening and the Holy Family, tired out were seeking some sheltered spot where they could pass the night. Suddenly a voice challenged them, out if the shadows. Stand for your lives;The men who accosted them were outposts of a robber band,fierce men who cared little for human life, and lived by what they could steal. Saint Joseph had no to offer the robbers, and he begged them for the sake of the Lady Mary and Child to let them go,The younger brigand looked at the helpless(continues on next page)
- Collector
- Joseph Egan
- Gender
- Male
- Address
- Lackan, Co. Laois
