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School: Sliabh an Mhadra (C.)

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Slievawaddra, Co. Kerry
Teacher:
Eibhlín Ní Chearbhaill
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0416, Page 211

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    the cows one by one with it. On St Martin's night the people kill a pig, or a goose, or a duck, or a hen in every house in Kerry in memory of St. Martin whose head was crushed in a mill. About forty years ago a horse would not be harnessed on St. Martin's day. The farmers threshed no corn or turned no wheel on that day.
    On St. Brigid's day a cross was made of rushes and put up on the rafters of the house and left there until the following St. Brigid's day it was called St. Brigid's Cross.
    Long ago the 17th
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    History Edit
    Topics
    1. events
      1. events (by time of year) (~11,476)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    May Dineen
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Ardoughter, Co. Kerry