School: Boher (roll number 9409)
- Location:
- Bracknahevla, Co. Westmeath
- Teacher: T. Kavanagh
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0744, Page 006
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- (continued from previous page)name of God. The woman of the house - Bridget, had just baked a cake. Much though the family needed it, she could not refuse the appeal of the wretched beggar.Thereupon, she cut a thick slice of the cake which she gave to the poor man. Having done so, he was profuse in his thanks to, and blessings on the Bean-a-Tighe.
A mysterious writing then appeared on the surface of the cake, the letters appearing to rise from inside it. Nobody who saw it succeeded in deciphering it, as it was in some unknown Oriental language. The Carmelite priests were(continues on next page)
