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Old 12-23-2013, 10:39 AM
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Originally Posted by quirky3 View Post
There is a folk story passed down through my family from the Isle of Man; at midnight on Christmas Eve, all of the animals in the barn kneel.
I had a horse farm for many years. On Christmas Eve at midnight, I always visited the barn to see if the horses would kneel down. I thought that would be the most magical thing in the whole world. Of course they didn't kneel down, but they got a Christmas apple anyway.
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