Abstract: Story collected by Maureen Drohan, a student at Baile Uí Chorráin, Eóchaill school (Ballycurrane South, Co. Waterford) (no informant identified).
Original reference: 0640/3/21
School Baile Uí Chorráin, Eóchaill [Vol. 0640, Chapter 0003]
County The Schools' Manuscript Collection : Waterford County Schools
The Holy Family and the Spider [duchas:4378798]
When the Holy Family were on their way to Egypt from King Herod they sought - shelter in a cave. A spider who saw them immediately spun his web right over the entrance to the cave. Soon the soldiers came in pursuit. One of them was about to enter when the officer told him to come back and not be fooled
The Holy Family and the Spider [duchas:4378799]
Do you not see the spiders web, said he, No one could go in without breaking that:" So they left the cave unmolested and went back
Original reference: 0640/3/21
The Holy Family and the Spider
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