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School: Tiobraid Árann, Cl. na Trócaire (roll number 9432)

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Tipperary, Co. Tipperary
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An tSr. Síle Ní Ghiollagáin
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0578, Page 268

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    “There is an old legend common in this district that when the Holy Family was from Herod...”

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    There is an old legend common in this district that when the Holy Family was
    from Herod into Egypt, they hid in a cave behind some nettles growing in it
    Herod’s soldiers were following them, and when they saw the cave they were about to enter and search it when the leader noticed a spider’s web all across the entrance.
    He said it would be waste of time to search it as no one could have gone in there without dashing aside the spider’s web
    He thought the web should have been spun long before that day, but it must have
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    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
    May Martin
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Tipperary, Co. Tipperary
    Informant
    Mrs Mullins
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Tipperary, Co. Tipperary