School: St Bridget's (roll number 13854)
- Location:
- Doire Mhór, Co. Mhaigh Eo
- Teacher: Máire Uí hOistín
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- XML “St Brigid's Day”
- XML “Easter Sunday”
- XML “St Stephen's Day”
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- On St Brigid's Day long ago the people used make crosses out of straw and put them up on the roof of their houses. They don't do that now.
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- Collector
- Seán Máirtín Caoigín Ó hOistín
- Gender
- Male
- This is the way St. Stephen's Day is observed in this district, First a band of boys gather together and they catch the wren on the evening before. Then the next morning they turn their(continues on next page)