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School: Ganntaigh (Ganty)

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Ganty, Co. Galway
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Sorcha Bean Uí Chlúin
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  1. Emblems - St Brigid's Cross

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    St. Brigid is one of the greatest of our Irish Saints and it is not to be wondered at that the Irish people show her so much honour. There are customs attached to her feast day, which are handed down from father to son. On the first of February one of the most common of these is that the Fear a tighe gets a reaping hook and cuts a bundle of rushes. If they are not to be had he gets a bundle of saten straw. hen he hides outside the house until the bean an tighe has a feast ready.
    He again leaves the house and walking all around the homestead in the direction of the sun picks up the bundle and completes one circuit
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    Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.
    History Edit
    Topics
    1. events
      1. events (by time of year) (~11,476)
        1. Feast of St Brigid (~366)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Imelda Kenny
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Craughwell, Co. Galway
    Informant
    Paddy Walsh
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Ganty, Co. Galway