School: Dring, Granard (roll number 14292)
- Location:
- Droing, Co. an Longfoirt
- Teacher: James Drum
Archival Reference
The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0762, Page 219
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- In almost every part of Ireland certain things are kept in houses in honour of a saint.
Some of the things kept are holly at Christmas and palm on Palm Sunday. These are hung in all the houses. A lot of people say that if you put blessed palm on your cheek when you have a toothache it will cure it.
I know of a house where there is a cross of St. Patrick. It is made of wood and beautifully ornamented.
There was a man living in Mullinalaghta and he used to make lovely crosses of wood.
- Collector
- Mary Rogers
- Gender
- Female
- Age
- 13
- Address
- Doire Chasáin, Co. an Longfoirt
- Informant
- Mrs Donoghue
- Gender
- Female
- Age
- 75
- Address
- Doire Chasáin, Co. an Longfoirt
