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School: An Aill (Aille)

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Aille, Co. Galway
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0059, Page 0443

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  2. Saint Bridget's Eve

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    Long ago on the last night of January the people used to make crosses of straw that would not be threshed. Then they used to put a stick through the middle of it. They used to put a potato on one end of the stick and they used to shove the other end in the roof of the house. When they would be sowing the crops the grains of oats that would be on the cross were the first grains of oats they used to sow, and the potato that was on one end of the stick was the first potato they sowed.

    Told by
    Michael Fahy
    Shrahantha
    Loughrea
    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
    Vincent Fahy
    Gender
    Male
    Informant
    Michael Fahy
    Gender
    Male
    Age
    56
    Address
    Srahaunananta, Co. Galway