School: Bracknagh (1)
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- Teacher: Isabella Graham
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- XML “Sports and Pastimes”
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- XML “St Brigid's Night”
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25. Sport and Pastimes-
Wrestling matches used to be held in the Fens, Kill. - 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.
- 47. St. Brigid's Night. On that night the old women used to dress up a churn dash in white, like a lady, & go from house to house (dancing) playing music and dancing "the dressed up lady" (the brideóg)
Shrove - pancakes are made for tea on that evening & a ring put in one pancake. The person who gets the ring will be married first.
Lent - it is the custom to deny oneself something during the Season of Lent.
Michaelmas - People used to always eat the first goose on Michaelmas. (cont on page 9)