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School: Tulach Ruacháin

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Tulrohaun, Co. Mayo
Teacher:
Mícheál de Bhaldraithe
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0109, Page 666

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    St.Brigid's
    On St.Brigid's night all the the girls go out in the brigdeogs. The firsthing they did was to make a false face. They got a piece of a cloth and they cut a hole in each side for the eyes one for nose and another hole for the mouth. Next they put different strickes of colours on the false face. They put tattered clothes on them and old shoes. On the false face they sow sew a mustache. Each one who was in the crowd had a stick in her hand and one had a doll on top of the stick and off with. One of them
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    History Edit
    Topics
    1. events
      1. events (by time of year) (~11,476)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Patrick Caulfield
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Culnacleha, Co. Mayo
    Informant
    Patrick Caulfield
    Relation
    Parent
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Culnacleha, Co. Mayo