School: Virginia (C )

Location:
Virginia, Co. Cavan
Teacher:
Mrs Farelly
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  2. Once upon a time there was a holy woman who visited a country church every morning Winter and Summer to light the Sanctuary Lamp. She was always there a half an hour before Mass started for many years and never missed one morning. But one morning when the priest came in to the chapel to say Mass, he noticed that the Sanctuary Lamp was not lit. He guessed that
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