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School: Gleann an Dúin - Prison (roll number 17042)

Location:
Prison East, Co. Mayo
Teacher:
Máire A. Ní Dhocartaigh
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0095C, Page 16_027

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    Our Blessed Lady and her Son were travelling along a road when soldiers came looking for them. They went into a room to hide. There was a spider in the room. He began to weave cob-webs. He gathered other spiders and they all started to weave across the door and all the room but where our Blessed Lady and the Child Jesus were.
    When the soldiers came they looked in every room. When they came to the room
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    Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.
    History Edit
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Annie Kearns
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Prison North, Co. Mayo
    Informant
    Michael Kearns
    Gender
    Female
    Age
    50
    Address
    Prison North, Co. Mayo