School: Knockaville (roll number 14185)
- Location:
- Knockaville, Co. Westmeath
- Teacher: C. de Búrca
Archival Reference
The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0730, Page 349
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- After Our Lord being crowned with the thorns it is said that a little robin came and started to pick the thorns from the Sacred Head and while he was doing so, her breast got splashed with His Blood and since that the little robins are called 'Robin Redbreasts.'
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- Collector
- Michael Ennis
- Gender
- Male
- Informant
- Mrs Michael Gowran
- Relation
- Grandparent
- Gender
- Female
- Address
- Knockaville, Co. Westmeath
