{"collection":"Northern European Mythology","html_url":"https://unchartedknowledge.5gfusion.net/browse/neu/celt/ali/ali100.htm","path":"neu/celt/ali/ali100.htm","source_url":"https://sacred-texts.com/neu/celt/ali/ali100.htm","text":"The Beetle\nThe beetle is not killed by the people for the following reason: they have a tradition that one day the chief priests sent messengers in every direction to look for the Lord Jesus, and they came to a field where a man was reaping, and asked him--\n\"Did Jesus of Nazareth pass this way?\"\n\"No,\" said the man, \"I have not seen him.\"\n\"But I know better,\" said a little clock running up, \"for He was here to-day and rested, and has not long gone away.\"\n\"That is false,\" said a great big black. beetle, coming forward; \"He has not passed since yesterday, and you will never find Him on this road; try another.\"\nSo the people kill the clock because he tried to betray Christ; but they spare the beetle and will not touch him, because he saved the Lord on that day.","title":"Ancient Legends, Mystic Charms, and Superstitions of Irel...","type":"page"}