School: Clochar na Trócaire, Ceannanus Mór
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- Kells, Co. Meath
- Teacher: Siúracha na Trócaire
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- Age
- 12
- On February 2nd, Candlemas Day, the father of the family would bless himself with the blessed candle and rub it to the garment that he was likely to wear oftenest during the following year. Each member of the household did likewise.
- Long ago the farmers used to make straw crosses every year on St. Brigid's Eve, and sometimes they would have thirty of them on the inside of the thatch, and on the cow's shed to keep the cows from(continues on next page)
