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   who cannot work at anything else can always be a tailor.

   

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2. Stories of the Holy Family

   

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   There is a story connected with Our Lord and the poppy. It is said that when Our Lord was flying into Egypt he walked on a sod called the "good man's sod" and immediately the poppy grew. When the holy family were going into Egypt they passed by a robber's camp, and the Blessed Virgin stopped and asked a woman at the camp for some water to bathe the Infant Jesus.

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   Topics

   1. genre
      1. narratives (~478)
         1. religious tales (~1,085)
            1. the Holy Family (~429)

   Language

   English

   Collector

   Ethna Mc Cabe

   Gender

   Female

   Address

   Lisnabantry, Co. Cavan

   Informant

   Mrs Mc Cabe

   Gender

   Female

   Address

   Lisnabantry, Co. Cavan