School: Lough Arrow
- Location:
- Lough Arrow, Co. Sligo
- Teacher: Cathal Ó Dubhghaill
Archival Reference
The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0182, Page 160
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- In olden times there lived a holy saint that had no cross to pray to.
This saint was named Brigid and she made a cross out of rushes and she prayed to it. There is a cross made of straw or rush and placed on the roof of houses on the first of February which is held in honour St. Brigid.
This custom is dying out nowadays.
Palm is used on palm Sunday because on the first palm sunday the people waved their palms and olive branches when Our Lords was coming with joy.
On May children long ago used to gather armfuls of mayflowers.
These they used to strew at the entrance gate of every field and at the doors of houses and out of offices and on the house tops.
They used to say that it was to keep ill luck and to bring good luck.
There is clay in Dromahair which is over a priest's grave and it is brought to cure people and it has to be brought back again in three days.(continues on next page)
- Collector
- Mary Harte
- Gender
- Female
- Address
- Carrigeenblike, Co. Sligo
- Informant
- Mr Martin Mitchell
- Gender
- Male
- Age
- 60
- Address
- Carrigeenblike, Co. Sligo
