School: Gleanntán
- Location:
- Glounthaune, Co. Cork
- Teacher: Pádraig Ó Daghnáin
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0383, Page 094
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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. - It is the custom that on St Brigid's day two or more girls go out collecting money from house to house and with them they carry a doll known as Biddy. Mostly on Shrove people get married just before lent comes. Old bachelors that never got married used be chalked all over with chalk but this custom has died out for many years. On May Morning the young girls used go out and wash their faces in the dew them good looking and also they used look for a snail and if they got any they were to be married within(continues on next page)
