School: Gusserane
- Location:
- Gusserane, Co. Wexford
- Teacher: Bríghid, Bean Nic Fheorais
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0871, Page 420
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- (continued from previous page)disappeared very quickly. Every one said that happened her when she did not oblige the Holy Family.6) When Our Lord was going to be nailed to the cross the tinkers made the the nails. They sold them to the Jews for a certain amount of money. They stood behind the cross and mocked at Our Lord with the Jews. That is the reason the tinkers have no fixed abode. They are always rambling from place to place begging just as the Jews are.7) One day the Blessed Virgin St and Our Lord were going through the streets of Galilee. They met a poor blind man on the road. The blind man was carrying a pitcher of water. Our Lord asked him for a drink. He handed him the pitcher. When Our Lord had drank the water the poor blind man received his sight. He was so overcome with joy that he knelt down at Our Lord's feet and thanked him for having restored his sight. Our Lord said to him "Go thy way and be charitable to the poor.(Collected by the children)
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