School: Kilmaganny, Thomastown
- Location:
- Kilmaganny, Co. Kilkenny
- Teacher: C. Ó Hurdail
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0852, Page 362
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- In some houses in this district the people keep a cross of St Brigid. It is made with sixty-four rushes in the form of a cross. It should be blessed & put hanging over the door. A new cross should be made every year on St Brigid's Day & the old one should be burned.
On Palm Sunday, people put the palm in the cow-house & stables or wherever there are calves or pigs.
- All Catholics wear Palm on Palm Sunday & put some in all the outhouses as it is said it brings luck on the stock
At Xmas, houses are decorated with holly & ivy. - Transcription guide » You are not logged in, but you are welcome to contribute a transcription anonymously. In this case, your IP address will be stored in the interest of quality control.By clicking the save button you agree that your contribution will be available under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International License and that a link to dúchas.ie is sufficient as attribution.
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- Mary Daniels
- Gender
- Female
