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School: Ballykelly

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Ballykelly, Co. Wexford
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Pádraig Mac Uadain
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0873, Page 329

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  1. Stories of the Holy Family

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    When the holy Family were going to Egypt they saw a jennet. They asked the jennet to carry them.
    The jennet said "I cannot carry you because I am in fowl." That is why the jennet never fowls.
    As they went they saw a horse and they asked him to carry them and he said "I am too hungry to carry you."
    That is the reason a horse is always hungry.
    They went on another bit and they saw an ass They asked the ass to carry them. The ass carried the whole family
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    Topics
    1. genre
      1. narratives (~478)
        1. religious tales (~1,085)
          1. the Holy Family (~429)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Peg Cooney
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Ballykelly, Co. Wexford