School: Aughacashel (roll number 15356)

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1. Festival Customs

   

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   Yes, when I was young St. Brigids Day was better observed than it is now. Many people used to go down to St Brigid's well in Uactarach outside Ballinamore to do Stations there. As well as I can remember before going into the grave-yard, which is almost a mile from the well, the complete Rosary of 15 decades is recited either together in groups or individually. Then one Pater and Ave is said in the Churchyard, and after this the complete Rosary if 15 decades is said between the churchyard and the holy well. The litany of the Blessed Virgin is said after the last decade.

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      1. events (by time of year) (~11,476)

   Language

   English

   Collector

   Joseph Conifry

   Gender

   Male

   Occupation

   Teacher

   Informant

   John Mulvey

   Gender

   Male

   Age

   82

   Occupation

   Farmer

   Address

   Bunrevagh, Co. Leitrim

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   When I was a young lad, about 18 or 20 years of age, the ordinary people then had a hard time. There

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