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School: Cill Cúlach

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Kilcooly, Co. Galway
Teacher:
Séamus Mac Lochlainn
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0054, Page 0301

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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0054, Page 0301

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    who-ever they are talking about in the three houses will marry that person. Then they thrown the water at the door of their own house.
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  2. Local Customs

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    On St Bridgets Day:- People make crosses out of rushes or straw. They also get a few ears of corn and make a cross out of them a potato is then stuck through the cross and those are put for seed in the Spring. Young boys or girls go out dressed in white and go to each house singing Here comes Bridget dressed in white give her something in honour of the night.
    St Patrick:- In olden times people used to think that it would not be right if they had not
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    Topics
    1. activities
      1. social activities (~7)
        1. rites of passage (~573)
    2. events
      1. events (by time of year) (~11,476)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Teresa Darcy
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Corbaun, Co. Galway
    Informant
    Patrick Darcy
    Gender
    Male