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School: An Clochar (roll number 14705)

Location:
Kilbarron, Co. Donegal
Teacher:
Mother Philomena
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 1028, Page 312

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    young children gather rushes, and in the night-time, the old people teach them how to make crosses, then they are blessed on Saint Brigids Day. In the Country houses they hang the crosses among the beams in the ceiling, in the town places they hang them behind pictures on the walls.
    May Day.
    On that day they go out and gather May flowers and strew them on every doorstep and window sill, because people believe that it keeps the fairies away and if the flowers are not there the fairies will come to the house and carry away one of the family.
    Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.
    History Edit
    Topics
    1. events
      1. events (by time of year) (~11,476)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Peggy Lee
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Ballyshannon, Co. Donegal
    Informant
    Mrs Rogers
    Relation
    Not a relative
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Ballyshannon, Co. Donegal