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School: Convent Girls' School, Ballymote

Location:
Ballymote, Co. Sligo
Teacher:
Sr. M. Patrick
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    Tradition says that St. Brigid used to make crosses of rushes and this custom has been practiced down to the present day.
    There is a story told that when St. Brigid was a nun, a woman was very sick and she sent for St Brigid. When she reached the house there was a pile of rushes out side, and she took a bunch of them and made a lovely cross. She gave it to the woman and she told her it would cure her. So the woman was cured.
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    History Edit
    Topics
    1. activities
      1. economic activities
        1. trades and crafts (~4,680)
          1. candle-making (~728)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    May Scanlon
    Gender
    Female
    Informant
    Mrs A. Scanlon
    Relation
    Parent
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Carrigans Upper, Co. Sligo