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THE BLEEDING HOST
ONE DAY A CURIOUS LITTLE GIRL DECIDED TO SEE WHAT WOULD
HAPPEN TO THE HOST. INSTEAD OF SWALLOWING IT AT HOLY
COMMUNION, SHE WENT BACK TO HER PEW AND SLIPPED IT IN HER
HANDKERCHIEF. WHEN SHE ARRIVED HOME SHE PUT THE HOST
IN THE BIBLE. A FEW DAYS LATER WHEN SHE OPENED THE
BIBLE THERE WAS BLOOD ALL OVER THE PAGE.
Where learned: PENNSYLVANIA
Subject headings: | PROSE NARRATIVE -- Religious |
Date learned: 01-12-1968