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School: Na Creaga

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Creggs, Co. Galway
Teacher:
Liam Ó Breandáin
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0015, Page 054

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    In some places on Saint Brigids night, the people made the crosses from a few blades of oats that were not threshed by weaving them together, and they left them in the rafters until the time of sowing the oats. At that time they thought it lucky to have the grains of oats that were in the crosses sown first.
    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
    Kathleen Blighe
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Fairfield, Co. Galway
    Informant
    John Blighe
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Fairfield, Co. Galway