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LEGEND ABOUT HOLY FAMILY

WHEN MARY, JOSEPH AND JESUS HAD TO GO TO EGYPT TO HIDE FROM HEROD,
THE SOLDIERS WERE CLOSE BEHIND THEM AND THEY WERE IN A DESERT
AREA. THERE WAS NO PLACE TO HIDE EXCEPT AN OBVIOUS CAVE BUT THEY
HID THERE ANYWAY. WHEN THE SOLDIERS CAME THEY DECIDED TO CHECK
THE CAVE BUT WHEN THEY LOOKED INSIDE A SPIDER HAD BUILT A WEB
OVER THE CAVE MOUTH TO HIDE THE FAMILY. WHEN THE SOLDIER SAW THE
WEB HE DIDN'T GO IN BECAUSE HE THOUGHT IF MARY AND JOSEPH HAD GONE I
THEY WOULD HAVE BROKEN THE WEB.

Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT

Keyword(s): BIBLICAL

Subject headings: Favorites
PROSE NARRATIVE -- Religious hero

Date learned: 01-03-1970

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