School: Gleann an Dúin - Prison (roll number 17042)
- Location:
- Prison East, Co. Mayo
- Teacher: Máire A. Ní Dhocartaigh
Archival Reference
The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0095C, Page 18_020
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- A few days before St. Bridgets day all the girls make Crosóg Brígdé and rag dolls.When Saint Bridgets - day comes the girls get ready. They put old clothes on them and each of them gets a rag doll.
They go out in groups of two. They go round to every house. They get a penny in some houses two pennies in other houses and so on like that.They go to three or four villages. When they have travelled all the villages they count up the money and divide it between them.(continues on next page)
- Collector
- Teresa Kelly
- Gender
- Female
- Address
- Prison North, Co. Mayo
