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School: Ráth an Tóiteáin (Burnfort), Malla (roll number 11249)

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Burnfort, Co. Cork
Teacher:
Domhnall Mac Óda (Archdeacon)
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0389, Page 277

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  1. The Donkey

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    The donkey is a blessed animal for there is a cross on his back. On the night Our Lord was born the Blessed Virgin put her hands upon the back of a jennet for a help but the animal kicked. Then she went to the donkey and he stood quietly. Ever since the donkey is blessed.
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    Every donkey has a cross marked on its back because it was on a donkey the Blessed Virgin rode into Egypt.
    The sheep and the cow have a hoof like a grain of wheat.
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        1. religious tales (~1,085)
          1. the Holy Family (~429)
      2. belief (~391)
        1. folk belief (~2,535)
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    Language
    English
    Collector
    Connie Moylan
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Knockbrack, Co. Cork
    Informant
    Moylan
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Knockbrack, Co. Cork
    Informant
    Moylan
    Relation
    Parent
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Knockbrack, Co. Cork