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School: Dromina, Ráth Luirc (roll number 11262)

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Dromina, Co. Cork
Teacher:
Daniel Hishon
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0367, Page 409

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    STORY OF THE HOLY FAMILY
    The following story was told locally about the Holy Family. When the Blessed Virgin was taking the Infant Jesus to Egypt, Jerusalem was surrounded by Herod’s soldiers. The soldiers asked every woman that was going out of the city if she had a baby boy with her because in that way they thought they would put the Infant Jesus to death. When the Blessed Virgin was at the gate a strange woman took the Baby from her and put a cloth over him. The soldiers asked her what she had and she said a lamb. The soldiers took the cloth off and it was a lamb. The Blessed Virgin followed the woman and the woman gave her the Infant Jesus because he was changed back again from lamb to a baby.
    Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.
    History Edit
    Topics
    1. genre
      1. narratives (~478)
        1. religious tales (~1,085)
          1. the Holy Family (~429)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Eibhlís Noonan
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Liscarroll, Co. Cork
    Informant
    Mr Paddy Ryan
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Churchtown, Co. Cork